Yesterday saw primary races in Colorado and there was an upset when democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeated 15-term incumbent congresswoman Diana Diana DeGette for the congressional seat. Since this is a deep-blue seat centered around Denver, this means that Kiros will almost certainly be elected in November.
There were several interesting features about this race. One is that it was more of a generational than a political switch since the long-time congresswoman DeGette is by no means a reactionary.
Kiros sought to mount a generational challenge to the 68-year-old DeGette, a member of the Congressional Progressive caucus, who supported key progressive policies like Medicare for all and abolishing ICE. But since Donald Trump returned to the White House, Democratic voters have increasingly turned to younger, more aggressive candidates willing to take on their party’s ageing establishment.