“It’s time for change,” Democratic congressional candidate Melat Kiros, a political newcomer and self-described democratic socialist, said in her campaign’s TV ad. On Tuesday night, primary voters in Denver agreed, giving the nomination to the 29-year-old, while at the same time handing 29-year incu…
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Socialist Melat Kiros Is Running for Congress in Colorado
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Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats longtime US House incumbent in Colorado
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Democrat Melat Kiros pulls party to the left in upset win over Diana DeGette
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Republicans’ new strategy in Colorado: Tie every Democrat to Melat Kiros
UPDATE: Kiros beat DeGette in the primary; read more here. Melat Kiros was born in 1997, the year her representative in the U.S. House, Democrat Diana DeGette, took office. On Tuesday, Kiros hopes to unseat her.
Democratic Socialists of America–backed challengers for Congress have already notched three wins in primary elections this year. In Colorado’s elections tomorrow, Melat Kiros is hoping to join the growing bloc of socialists on Capitol Hill.
Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist and first-time candidate, ousted Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado in a primary challenge on Tuesday. DeGette, a 15-term incumbent first elected in 1996, is the second member of Congress to lose her seat to a younger democratic socialist challe…
In the equivalent of a political earthquake, 29-year-old Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeated 15-term U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s Denver-based 1st Congressional District primary, according to unofficial election results Tuesday night. The Associated Press called the race at 10:03 p.m.
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent and another win for the Democratic Socialists of America.
Progressive upstart Melat Kiros completed a monumental upset over U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette , defeating the 15-time incumbent on Tuesday to secure the Democratic nomination in Colorado's 1st Congressional District, the AP reports .
Melat Kiros, a democratic socialist, won the primary against incumbent Democrat Diana DeGette for the U.S. House seat she has held in Colorado for 15 terms, according to the Associated Press.
Twenty-nine-year-old democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeated 15-term Democrat Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s First Congressional District primary on Tuesday, signaling that the left-wing insurgency that rocked New York is spreading beyond the Empire State.
By Eric Bradner, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Democratic socialists struck another blow against the Democratic establishment on Tuesday in Colorado, where CNN’s Decision Desk projects that 29-year-old Melat Kiros will defeat incumbent Rep.
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros has defeated U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary. It’s a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against an almost 30-year incumbent. Kiros is the latest democratic socialist or progressive candidate to boot a…
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…
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros upset incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) in the primary for Colorado’s 1st congressional district on Tuesday night as the far-Left continues its hot streak in Democratic contests. With 93% of the vote counted as of Wednesday morning, Kiros holds 51.
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent and another win for the Democratic Socialists of America.
Kiros, a 29-year-old lawyer turned doctoral student, is the latest candidate to rise from the party's left flank and boot establishment-backed candidates.
Centrist House Democrats are alarmed after realizing that democratic socialists can beat them in primaries outside of New York City. On Tuesday, 29-year-old democratic socialist, lawyer, and Ethiopian immigrant Melat Kiros defeated 15-term incumbent Colorado Representative Dianna DeGette in a high-t…
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