Melat Kiros
American political candidate (born 1997)
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Races
- 2026 · U.S. House, CO-01 · General · Democratic · on the ballot
Background
Melat Asfawosen Kiros is an American lawyer, graduate student, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, she is the Democratic nominee for Colorado's 1st congressional district in 2026, having defeated 15-term…
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incumbent Diana DeGette in the primary.
Campaign finance
$1,091,198total raised (2026 cycle)
$964,792total spent (2026 cycle)
$126,406cash on hand (2026 cycle)
As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC
Website and social
Sources
- Portrait — Andra Turner · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
- Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-24 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melat_Kiros
- Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140389773
- Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6CO01273/
- photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melat_Kiros_by_Andra_Turner_CC-BY-SA.jpg
- photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melat_Kiros_Portrait_(cropped).jpg
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