Left-Wing Challenger Melat Kiros Upsets 15-Term Incumbent in Colorado

Source: www.motherjones.com · Section: politics · Bias: Left · Published: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:56:51 GMT

Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist, has won the high-profile primary for Colorado’s first congressional district, the Associated Press and other outlets projected Tuesday. With more than 90 percent of votes counted, Kiros leads Diana DeGette, Colorado’s longest-serving Democratic member of Congress, by a comfortable 51-42 margin. DeGette—who has held her position since before Kiros […]

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Center: DeGette, Bennet lose primaries in Colorado amid insurgent wave — www.rollcall.com
Center-Left: Democratic socialist Melat Kiros unseats Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado House primary — www.nbcnews.com
Center-Left: "Wake up call": House Democrats erupt in panic, anger after another socialist upset — www.axios.com
Center-Right: Left Wins in CO--and Not Because of Gaza or Socialism — www.realclearpolitics.com
Right: Yet another establishment Democrat taken out by a Mamdani-like socialist from a foreign land — www.theblaze.com
Right: Colo-radical: Socialist Who Called 9/11 ‘Inevitable’ Takes Down 15-Term Incumbent in Denver House Primary — freebeacon.com
Right: Gov. Pritzker says he's one of the good billionaires, not the ones vilified by socialists — www.theblaze.com
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