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Heartbreak for Hakeem Jeffries: Another 'Democratic' Socialist Topples an Incumbent—This Time in Colorado
Red State ^ | June 30, 2026 | Sister Toldjah

Posted on 06/30/2026 8:13:25 PM PDT by Red Badger

After two Mamdani-backed, card-carrying members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) political party won their respective House primaries last Tuesday in New York, all eyes turned to Colorado's 1st Congressional District Democrat primary, which featured longtime incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette facing off against DSA member Melat Kiros.

The primary was Tuesday night, and, with 78 percent reporting as of this writing, Decision Desk HQ has called it for Kiros in what may be the biggest primary upset for an incumbent Democrat House member this midterm election cycle.

DeGette, 68, is Colorado's longest-serving member of Congress, having been in office since 1997 in a district drawn for Democrat victories. Though she faced two opponents in the primary, the one who worried establishment Democrats the most was Kiros, a 29-year-old lawyer and former barista who, like many other DSA candidates, was backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

As RedState previously reported, Kiros is, of course, bad news: an America-hater who believes America asked for 9/11:

She has also blamed Israel for the 10/7 Hamas terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians, and has refused to call out violent, deadly antisemitism in her own backyard:

Language warning for the clip below:

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She's also okay with tens of thousands of job losses in Colorado provided they be in the defense sector:

The DSA Watch X account had more:

Kiros immigrated from Ethiopia as a baby, then got fired from her corporate law gig after publicly defending pro-Hamas protests and questioning Israel’s right to exist right after Oct 7. Now she’s running on ending all U.S. aid to Israel, an “arms embargo,”, accusing establishment Dems of profiting from “genocide.”, Medicare for All and Dismantling ICE.

This is a heavily blue district, so even though Kiros has a GOP opponent - newcomer Christy Peterson - in the fall election, she will be the odds-on favorite to win it. DSA cultists were seen last Tuesday in New York City taunting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), suggesting he will be "next" on their list of Democrat leaders to defeat. That would have to come in 2028, assuming he runs for reelection.

To see more Colorado primary results, please click here.


TOPICS: Government; History; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; colorado; dianadegette; dsa; hakeemjeffries; hatesjews; melatkiros; michaelbennet; newyork; sistertoldjah; vermont; whatsherfrnick

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1 posted on 06/30/2026 8:13:25 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

As number of unaffiliated voters grow in Colorado, experts note patterns, behavior

https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/06/11/as-number-of-unaffiliated-voters-grow-in-colorado-experts-note-patterns-behavior/


2 posted on 06/30/2026 8:16:15 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege (🩰🎬)
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To: Red Badger

“Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)”

A commie by any other name...

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3 posted on 06/30/2026 8:16:43 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Red Badger

^ Unaffiliated / Independent voters are allowed to vote in Colorado primaries. Make of this trend what you will.


4 posted on 06/30/2026 8:17:21 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege (🩰🎬)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Back in the day, the parties ran their own elections.........


5 posted on 06/30/2026 8:18:49 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

Play with communists and it’s only a matter of time before they take over the party.


6 posted on 06/30/2026 8:20:52 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Im so glad I bought bitcoin at $120,000. I wouldnt have have known how else to spend $58000)
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To: Red Badger

Female, Ethiopian, anti-American, communist. The face of the new democrat party.

How long are the hispanics and asians, who will be the backbone of the democrat party going forward, going to put up with this?

They don’t want to be African any more than the rest of us — including most black Americans, and including most recent immigrants from Africa, both legal and illegal, who came to America to get the hell out of Africa.

No one votes for these DSA loons except degenerate white young people who have been raised to loathe themselves and their country.

White liberals lost any backbone a long time ago; those who didn’t have already become Republicans. The Democrat party is now like the Episcopalian and Methodist churches. If anything calling itself Episcopalian or Methodist can be preserved as recognizably Christian, it’s the Africans who will have to do it. Same in the democrat party. Time for the hispanic, asian and sane black people to take out the trash.


7 posted on 06/30/2026 8:23:21 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: Red Badger

How is this a heartbreak? Jeffries is a dyed in the wool Nationalist Socialist just like these candidates. He’s crying crocodile tears.


8 posted on 06/30/2026 8:27:59 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: All

I think it is kind of cute that Hakeem and the media are both pretending that he, Hakeem, is not actually a socialist himself (nor a ‘crypto muslim’) just like the ones being currently selected in the more insane leftist strongholds across the nation.

But I guess it is kind of nice that Hakeem still fears us enough to still be pretending to not be a radical like the new folks.


9 posted on 06/30/2026 8:31:25 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: sphinx

This is obama’s legacy. Fundamental transformation.

The US dimrat party and their media brought this 3rd world chaos to our country and believe that they will not be affected.


10 posted on 06/30/2026 8:32:30 PM PDT by Texas resident ( We finally have an American President again)
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To: Red Badger

Urkel is gonna have a hissy fit.


11 posted on 06/30/2026 8:33:07 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: Texas Eagle

When we talk about forming a 3rd party it’s just plain dumb. The ‘democrat socialists’ has a ring to it. We should push for them to go 3rd party. They’re more serious when it comes to that stuff.


12 posted on 06/30/2026 8:33:49 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Texas Eagle

Yes. He understand that they shouldn’t say “the quiet parts aloud”. They don’t know that.

You don’t want to alert the victims too soon.


13 posted on 06/30/2026 8:36:20 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: Texas Eagle

Its not a good look for The Dems. They wish to remain cloaked


14 posted on 06/30/2026 8:55:00 PM PDT by Az Joe (Pope Marx I)
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To: Red Badger

DeGette is a half-witted POS. Now the state can experience the leftist insanity without the pretense of the Dem being a “moderate.” This new nutjob will be easier for a Pubbie to beat than DeGette was.


15 posted on 06/30/2026 9:01:49 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party - like the love child of La Cosa Nostra and Al Qaeda )
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To: TigersEye

If Denver has gotten bad enough to elect Kiros in the general election, Denver isn’t just on the highway to hell, it has arrived.


16 posted on 06/30/2026 9:21:40 PM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: FreedomForce

When school board elections start being swept by socialists will parents finally get it?


17 posted on 06/30/2026 9:33:21 PM PDT by Kudsman (Why is John Thune a bigot towards MAGA? Why does he hate Scott Pressler? )
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To: Red Badger

I bet there was low turnout. Dollars to doughnuts.


18 posted on 06/30/2026 10:06:09 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Israel über alles.)
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To: Red Badger

Has Hakeem fully funded his retirement account?


19 posted on 06/30/2026 10:08:05 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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