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Melat Kiros

Melat Kiros

Democratic · Colorado · 2026

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U.S. House, CO-1Colorado · 2026
Top priorities
  • Medicare for All
  • A Housing First approach to affordability in Denver
  • Universal childcare

Per the campaign site.

Biography

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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