Topic: Diana Degette

Melat Kiros speaks to supporters at an election-night watch party after winning the Colorado primary on June 30, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Kiros defeated incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Socialist sweep comes to Colorado

Russell Payne
Melat Kiros participated in a League of Women Voters Congressional District 1 candidate forum at Montview Presbyterian Church on May 28, 2026, in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/Getty Images)

Can Melat Kiros take down a Dem lifer?

Grace Panetta - The 19th
Colorado's First District candidate Melat Kiros (L) and Rep. Diana DeGrette (R) (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Anna Moneymaker / Kiros for Congress)

Progressive defiance in Colorado primary

Russell Payne
Police hold back supporters of US President Donald Trump as they gather outside the US Capitol's Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump duped his rioters — and GOP Senate

Amanda Marcotte
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Ayanna Pressley (AP/Mark Lennihan/Charles Krupa)

Democratic blacklist worsening divisions

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams
(AP/Chris Pizzello)

Janet Allon - Alternet