Melat Kiros
Democratic · Colorado · 2026Running for U.S. House, CO-1, Colorado
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Medicare for All: access to healthcare is directly linked to longer life expectancy
- End All Wars
- Abolish I.C.E
Kiros is an attorney and a doctoral student in public policy at the University of Denver, per the campaign site. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, she moved to Denver as a child after her father was selected in the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery, per the campaign site. She studied political science and economics at Washington College in Maryland and earned her law degree from the University of Notre Dame in 2022, then practiced at a law firm in New York City, per the campaign site. She is running as a Democratic Socialist on an affordability platform for Denver, per the campaign site.
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