POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE: 29-Year-Old Democratic Socialist OUSTS 15-Term Incumbent Democrat Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s 1st District

by Cristina Laila Jun. 30, 2026 9:40 pm



The Socialists aren’t just taking over New York. This happened in Colorado.

A 29-year-old Democratic Socialist ousted a longtime Democrat incumbent in Colorado’s 1st District in Tuesday night’s House primary.

Far-left candidate Melat Kiros defeated 15-time incumbent Democrat Rep. Diana DeGette on Tuesday night.

Kiros, who was born in Ethiopia, was backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

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It's crunch time in Colorado We have just ONE more day to send @MelatKirosCOto Congress! We made 110k calls on Friday, but we're not done yet...Join us tonight @ 6 PM MT/8 PM ET to break Friday's record alongside@dsa_losangeles@SeattleDSA@JvpAction& @sunrisemvmt



1:50 PM · Jun 29, 2026

Kiros recently claimed that 9/11 was America’s fault.

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Socialist candidate Melat Kiros, who was born in Ethiopia, is about to beat 15-term incumbent Diana DeGette in the Democrat primary for Colorado's 1st Congressional District.

Here she is saying that 9/11 was America's fault.



https://twitter.com/i/status/2072134420673261706

9:45 PM · Jun 30, 2026

Crazy Bernie Sanders also endorsed Kiros.

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Melat Kiros has shown she is not afraid to stand up to corrupt special interests like AIPAC and Big Pharma. She's exactly the kind of bold leader we need in Congress. If you haven’t already, get out and vote for @MelatKirosCOfor Colorado's First District.



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10:04 AM · Jun 28, 2026

The 29-year-old lawyer argued that the US has Socialism already because the government maintains roads and highways.

“We have socialism already. It’s in the roads we drive on, the schools we send our kids to, the fire stations we call upon. I’m just asking that we extend that security to our healthcare, to our housing, to our nutritional food, to our higher education so that we’re actually meeting the basic needs of everyday working families in this country,” Kiros said this week in a media interview.

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Melat Kiros: “We have socialism already. It’s in the roads we drive on, the schools we send our kids to, the fire stations we call upon. I’m just asking that we extend that security to our healthcare, to our housing, to our nutritional food, to our higher education so that we’re

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2:15 PM · Jun 28, 2026

Kiros unseated DeGette during Tuesday night’s Democrat primary.

Decision Desk called the race.

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Decision Desk HQ projects Melat Kiros wins the CO US House 1 Democratic Primary

#DecisionMade: 10:31 PM EDT



10:31 PM · Jun 30, 2026


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Ahead of Colorado's results, read DDHQ's preview of the key races. (link below)Perhaps the top race is #CO01, where democratic socialist Melat Kiros is primarying longtime Rep. Diana DeGette (D) from the left. This is just the latest left-vs.-establishment clash for Dems.


7:49 PM · Jun 30, 2026

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/202...cialist-ousts/