The democratic socialist Melat Kiros unseated the long-serving US representative Diana DeGette in Colorado’s primary elections held on Tuesday, the latest in a string of high-profile victories for the party’s insurgent left.
The Associated Press reported that Kiros had defeated DeGette for the Democratic nomination in the deep-blue first congressional district centered on Denver. Kiros’s triumph came a week after New York voters unseated two Democratic congressional incumbents and replaced a third who was retiring with candidates who had campaigned on standing up to Israel amid accusations that it was carrying out a genocide in Gaza.
This stuff has me hyped. I feel awful because Im from District 5 and didnt realize Reagan was the progressive desired candidate. Imo both Killin and Reagan ran weak platforms for my district.
All I heard from them is “im a veteran”.
On Killins website she had a goal of overturning Citizens United which peaked my interest in her. Reagan had no prominent language on his site with the same goal. I hope my district gets better DSA candidates in the future.
But im learning that she may just be another corporate democrat?