在...之后在纽约市的胜利在科罗拉多州，民主社会主义者正在与民主党当权派进行斗争。
周二，众议员戴安娜·德盖特将面临她最艰难的连任竞选，对手是29岁的律师兼民主社会主义者梅拉特·基罗斯，她在30年前赢得国会席位后几个月出生。
基罗斯，谁是2023年被她的律师事务所解雇很抱歉，这段文本暂时无法提供译文
“最终，人们真的厌倦了党未能有意义地代表在我们的基础上非常受欢迎的价值观和政策，”她说。“我们正在寻找那些没有受过教育、不怕站出来对抗许多公司和特殊利益集团的领导人，正是这些公司和特殊利益集团首先让我们陷入了这场混乱。”
虽然Kiros获得了进步坚定的参议员伯尼·桑德斯(I-Vermont)和一些左倾团体的支持，但这场比赛并没有沿着意识形态的断层线均匀分布。德盖特是国会进步核心小组的主要成员，他领导了民主党关于堕胎权利的信息，并在特朗普总统第二次弹劾审判期间担任众议院弹劾经理。
与一些面临初选的现任民主党人不同，她批评了以色列对加沙战争的处理投票反对美国对以色列的额外军事援助。
“丹佛知道我不会退缩。这就是为什么我要挑战唐纳德·特朗普来保护我们的生殖自由，废除ICE，通过全民医保。我们将一起赢得胜利，实现我们的进步价值观，”德格特在接受美国广播公司采访时表示。
在一个最近与美国广播公司子公司KMGH-TV的访谈德盖特认为，她在国会的时间对她的选民来说是一笔财富。
但这一长期记录也使她成为沮丧的进步人士的目标，他们在民主社会主义者达里娅·阿维拉·谢瓦利埃和克莱尔·瓦尔迪兹在两次纽约市初选中击败了当权派支持的民主党人后感到了动力，包括国会拉美裔党团主席-上周，在帮助下民主社会党市长佐伦.曼达尼。
“他们认为梅拉特是一个进行斗争的人，不仅反对共和党的法西斯主义，也反对辜负选民的民主党当权派，”正义民主党的通讯主任乌萨马·安德拉比告诉美国广播公司新闻。
自上周以来，该组织已经帮助Kiros和她的盟友敲开了数万扇门，并向潜在选民打了20多万个电话。
曾担任前州长约翰·希肯卢珀办公室主任的律师道格·弗里德纳什(Doug Friednash)告诉美国广播公司(ABC News)，德格特的记录“非常进步，她不是一个温和派”。“许多年轻选民要求变革……他们看到医疗保健费用和汽油价格上涨，有一种观点认为当权派做得还不够。”
在丹佛之外，民主党机构面临州长和参议员初选的考验。
现在担任科罗拉多州初级参议员的希肯卢珀在初选中面临进步派州参议员朱莉·冈萨雷斯。
参议员麦克·班尼正与司法部长菲尔·魏泽争夺即将离任的民主党州长杰瑞德·波利斯。
魏泽曾在奥巴马政府任职，自2019年以来担任科罗拉多州的司法部长，他将自己定位为与贝内特竞选的反叛者，将这位资深参议员与华盛顿联系起来。
在科罗拉多州第八选区，一个目前由共和党人、民主党人、31岁的州众议员曼尼·鲁提内尔(Manny Rutinel)占据的战场席位，正在与前州议员香农·伯德(Shannon Bird)争夺民主党提名。
Democratic socialists hope to build on NYC wins in Colorado primary
Aftervictories in New York City, democratic socialists are taking their fight against the Democratic establishment to Colorado.
On Tuesday, Rep. Diana DeGette will face her toughest reelection fight yet, against 29-year-old attorney and democratic socialist Melat Kiros, who was born months after she won her seat in Congress, 30 years ago.
Kiros, who wasfired from her law firm in 2023after writing an open letter criticizing her employers’ response to pro-Palestinian protests, told ABC News she hopes to build on the movement’s momentum from last Tuesday in New York and channel voters’ anger with the political system.
“Ultimately, folks are really tired of the party failing to meaningfully represent the values and policies that are extremely popular with our base,” she said. “And we're looking for leaders that are unbought and unafraid to stand up to a lot of these corporations and special interests that have gotten us into this mess in the first place.”
While Kiros has netted the endorsement of progressive stalwart Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and some left-leaning groups, the race does not break down evenly along ideological fault lines. DeGette is a leading member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus who has led Democratic messaging on abortion rights and served as a House impeachment manager during President Trump’s second impeachment trial.
Unlike some incumbent Democrats facing primaries, she has criticized Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza andvoted againstadditional U.S. military aid to Israel.
“Denver knows I don’t back down. That’s why I’m taking on Donald Trump to protect our reproductive freedom, abolish ICE, and pass Medicare for All. Together we’ll win and deliver on our progressive values,” DeGette said in a statement to ABC News.
In arecent interview with ABC affiliate KMGH-TV, DeGette argued that her time in Congress is an asset to her constituents.
But that long record has also made her a target for frustrated progressives, who sense momentum after democratic socialists Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez defeated establishment-backed Democrats in two New York City primaries - including thechairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus - last week,with the helpof democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
“They see Melat as someone who has put up a fight - not just against Republican fascism, but also against the Democratic establishment that has failed voters,” Usamah Andrabi, communications director for Justice Democrats, told ABC News.
The group has helped Kiros and her allies knock on tens of thousands of doors and make more than 200,000 calls to potential voters since last week.
DeGette’s record “is very progressive, and she's not a moderate,” Doug Friednash, an attorney who was chief of staff to former Gov. John Hickenlooper, told ABC News. “A lot of young voters are demanding change … they look at rising health care costs, gas prices, and there’s a view that the establishment hasn’t done enough.”
Outside of Denver, the Democratic establishment faces tests in primaries for governor and Senate.
Hickenlooper, now serving as Colorado’s junior senator, faces progressive state senator Julie Gonzales in the primary.
And Sen. Michael Bennet is locked in a competitive race against Attorney General Phil Weiser to replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Jared Polis.
Weiser, who served in the Obama administration and as Colorado’s attorney general since 2019, has positioned himself as the insurgent in the race against Bennet, linking the longtime senator to Washington.
And in Colorado’s 8th district, a battleground seat currently held by a Republican, Democrat Manny Rutinel, a 31-year-old state representative, is vying for the Democratic nomination against former state lawmaker Shannon Bird.
