The run of Democratic socialist upsets in Democratic primaries has spread from New York to Colorado. On June 30, 29-year-old Melat Kiros unseated 15-term incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette for the Democratic nomination in Colorado’s First Congressional District.

Kiros finished with 51 percent of the vote to DeGette’s 42 percent as ballots were counted Tuesday night, shocking many establishment Democrats. DeGette, who entered Congress in 1997 just months before Kiros was born, was no mealy-mouthed centrist. She was the Democratic Chief Deputy Whip from 2005 to 2019, served as a manager of the attempted 2021 Trump impeachment proceedings, and was a progressive party-line voter throughout her congressional career. …

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