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The state that will tell us who’s winning the Democratic civil war

Melat Kiros is challenging Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s First Congressional District. She appeared at a candidate forum on May 28, 2026, in Denver. | RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images In November 2023, Melat Kiros blew up her career. Major US law firms had signed a letter denouncing antisemitism and “calls for the elimination of the Israeli state.” Kiros, a 26-year old attorney at one of those firms, publicly posted a rebuttal, in which she condemned bigotry but said the “geopolitical legitimacy of the Israeli state” should indeed be questioned. Her let...