Milot Kiros beat 15-term incumbent by 10 pts
29-year-old DSA candidate Milot Kiros defeated 15-term incumbent Diana DeGette by about 10 points in Colorado's 1st Congressional District primary.
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Colorado Progressive Primaries: Reading the Anti-Establishment Wave
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Tuesday's Colorado primaries delivered a clean sweep for progressives at every level. In the 1st District, 29-year-old DSA candidate Milot Kiros crushed 15-term incumbent Diana DeGette by about 10 points — a result the hosts find entirely legible given the district's Democratic dominance and the anti-establishment wave washing through the party. In the 8th District, progressive state rep Manny Routenell beat a moderate Democrat by 28 points and will now face vulnerable Republican Gabe Evans. And in the governor's race, Attorney General Phil Weiser beat incumbent senator Michael Bennet by 12 points, running on his anti-Trump litigation record. Dan and Jon resist the easy 'progressives vs. moderates' framing, arguing the real driver is voter fury at an establishment perceived as having failed to deliver for working people or adequately fight Trump. Dan notes that the candidates losing aren't necessarily moderates — DeGette was in the Congressional Progressive Caucus — but they were long-established incumbents. Gaza also looms large: Jon argues it functions less as a discrete issue and more as a character test about whether a politician will name what voters are seeing with their own eyes. Bannon, Jon reports, has publicly warned Republicans not to dismiss this wave, comparing it to the early Tea Party — sophisticated anti-establishment campaigning that goes after the opposing party's establishment rather than the president.
Colorado Progressive Wins: Reading the Anti-Establishment Wave
29-year-old DSA candidate Milot Kiros crushed 15-term Democratic incumbent Diana DeGette by 10 points in Denver. Dan Pfeiffer argues the real driver isn't ideology but a rage at the Democratic establishment's failure to deliver — and at Gaza. Not being a fighter has become a losing position.
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