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Melat Kiros is the first political star truly formed by the 2020s

Democratic 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/Getty In many ways, Melat Kiros epitomizes the winds of change sweeping over the Democratic Party. Kiros is a 29-year-old political newcomer who is disillusioned with the system, who calls ending aid to Israel “the moral question of our time,” and who is backed by the Democratic Socialists of America. And on Tuesday, she handily defeated a Democratic incumbent who’s held her seat since the ye...