Draft:Maggy Krell

Maggy Krell (born 1978) is an American lawyer and politician who is currently a member-elect of the California State Assembly since 2024.

Career
In 2005, she was appointed as a Deputy Attorney General of California and was promoted to a small team for newly-elected Attorney General Kamala Harris in 2012. In 2014, Krell ran for Sacramento District Attorney, losing to Anne Marie Schubert.

In October 2016, Harris and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton charged Backpage for pimping and conspiracy to commit pimping, with Krell and her team demonstrating that the website was used to promote prostitution by posting two false ads. However, the case was quickly dismissed by a judge under the Communications Decency Act. A few weeks later, the team brought charges against the executives once more, but the case was dismissed again. In March 2018, she left her role as a prosecutor to join Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, citing the Trump administration's attacks on the organization as her motivation for the change her career.

In June 2023, she announced that she was dropping out of the mayoral race to run for California State Assembly. During the election, she and former ACLU executive director Carlos Marquez raised the most money from a business and corrections committees. In the primary, Krell and Republican trade specialist Nikki Ellis advanced to the general election.