Socialist Momentum Grows as Melat Kiros Wins in Denver ^70.8%

The Intercept - By Akela Lacy - 7/1/2026, 4:09 AM

Negativity Bias 42.4% - Framing Effect 40.8% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 21.6%

Leftists toppled a three-decade incumbent they’d made the face of the Democratic Party’s failures on Tuesday in Denver amid an anti-establishment wave that has powered progressive and socialist midterm victories across the country. Voters chose democratic socialist Melat Kiros, an attorney who lost her job for condemning her industry’s... more