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DavidDvorkin

(20,682 posts) Sun Mar 15, 2026, 03:51 PM Mar 15

DeGette challenger Melat Kiros trounces 15-term Democratic incumbent in Denver delegate vote

This is a political earthquake.

The 28-year-old, first-time candidate challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in this year’s primary soundly defeated the 15-term incumbent in a delegate preference poll conducted Saturday at a county party assembly in Denver.

https://www.denvergazette.com/2026/03/15/degette-challenger-melat-kiros-trounces-15-term-democratic-incumbent-in-denver-delegate-vote/

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DeGette challenger Melat Kiros trounces 15-term Democratic incumbent in Denver delegate vote (Original Post) DavidDvorkin Mar 15 OP

Time for new blood. I've lived in the metro Denver area the entire time Diana DeGette has been in office generalbetrayus Mar 17 #1

generalbetrayus

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1. Time for new blood. I've lived in the metro Denver area the entire time Diana DeGette has been in office

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Tue Mar 17, 2026, 09:58 AM

Mar 17

(and long before that) and I can't think of a single thing she has done to advance Denver's position in Congress.

Her predecessor, Pat Schroeder, was a real pistol.

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