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Melat Kiros becomes 28th far-left candidate to win a Democratic primary this year as socialists amass power

Melat Kiros becomes 28th far-left candidate to win a Democratic primary this year as socialists amass power

Melat Kiros has become the 28th candidate endorsed by a far-left group to win a Democratic primary election this cycle, according to a Fox News review.The 29-year-old Democratic socialist is now in the same company as Graham Platner, the scandal-plagued Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, as well as the trio of Zohran Mamdani-backed House nominees — Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, and Darializa Avila Chevalier.Kiros ran for Colorado's 1st congressional district and was supported by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the Working Families Party (WFP) and the Justice Democrats.DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS SEIZE THE MOMENT WITH EXTREME, ANTI-AMERICAN VIEWS THAT BADLY TARNISH THE PARTYDemocratic congressional candidate Melat Kiros speaks to supporters at an election-night watch party after winning the Colorado primary on June 30, 2026 in Denver, Colorado.(Michael Ciaglo)Although not all 25 far-left House candidates who won Democratic primaries this year are guaranteed to win their general election bids in November, many of them, including Kiros, are in solidly blue districts where Republican challengers have little chance of being successful.If all the far-left House candidates tracked by Fox News were to win, they'd join another 18 like-minded colleagues, including Rep.

Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rep.

Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.In the best case scenario for the far left, they'd have a 43-member bloc in the House of Representatives come January 2027.WATCH: PELOSI, OMAR STAY SILENT AS MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALIST VICTORIES SHAKE DEMOCRAT PARTYSeeing as there are just 10 Blue Dog Democrats, a left-wing sweep would substantially tip the balance of power in the Democratic Party, which is favored to retake the House majority next year.Darializa Avila Chevalier, a Democratic House candidate for New York, center, speaks during a rally with Columbia Postdoctoral Workers at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City on June 30, 2026.(Bloomberg)The B...

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