Melat Kiros

It was a historic night for progressive Democrats, in particular candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, DSA.

Six new DSA-backed candidates were elected to the House—Angela Gonzalez-Torres in California, Clara Valdez and Daria Lisa Villas-Chevalier here in New York, Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania, Donovan McKinney in Michigan and Melat Kiros in Colorado, representing Denver.

Currently, just two sitting lawmakers, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, are DSA members.

And in Los Angeles, Democratic Socialist City Council member Nithya Raman, an immigrant from India, defeated the incumbent mayor Karen Bass, who conceded Thursday.

Six new DSA-backed candidates were elected to the House.

Angela Gonzalez-Torres in California, Clara Valdez and Daria Lisa Villas-Chevalier here in New York, Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania, Donovan McKinney in Michigan, and Melat Kiros in Colorado, representing Denver.

Currently, just two sitting lawmakers, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, are DSA members.

And in Los Angeles, Democratic Socialist City Council member Nithya Raman, an immigrant from India, defeated the incumbent mayor Karen Bass, who conceded Thursday.

Six new DSA-backed candidates were elected to the House.

Angela Gonzalez-Torres in California, Clara Valdez and Daria Lisa Villas-Chevalier here in New York, Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania, Donovan McKinney in Michigan, and Melat Kiros in Colorado, representing Denver.

Currently, just two sitting lawmakers, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, are DSA members.

And in Los Angeles, Democratic Socialist City Council member Nithya Raman, an immigrant from India, defeated the incumbent mayor Karen Bass, who conceded Thursday.

Six new DSA-backed candidates were elected to the House.

Angela Gonzalez-Torres in California, Clara Valdez and Daria Lisa Villas-Chevalier here in New York, Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania, Donovan McKinney in Michigan, and Melat Kiros in Colorado, representing Denver.

Currently, just two sitting lawmakers, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, are DSA members.

And in Los Angeles, Democratic Socialist City Council member Nithya Raman, an immigrant from India, defeated the incumbent mayor, Karen Bass, who conceded Thursday.

None of the Jewish lawmakers elected Tuesday rejected Israel's existence as a Jewish state, an outlook until Tuesday held only in Congress by Democratic Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib.

She was joined after the election Tuesday by at least three other rejectionists, Darieliza Avila-Chevalier in New York, Melat Kiros in Denver, and Abdul Asayed elected to Michigan's open Senate seat.

But while all the Jewish winners Tuesday said they support the country in some capacity, their differences make consensus on Israel unlikely.

Lander, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Vermont Representative Rebecca Balint, and Scott Weiner accuse Israel of genocide and favor banning most weapons sales to the country.

We want to thank you, Daniel Nishanyan, editor-in-chief of Bolts, a publication that covers local politics and policy with a focus on voting rights and criminal justice.

Coming up, we speak to Congressmember-elect Melat Kiros.

the 29-year-old attorney, Ethiopian immigrant, member of the Democratic Socialists of America, who beat in the Democratic primary, Congressmember DeJette, who was in office for almost 30 years.

She will now represent Denver, Colorado, in the next Congress.

This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report.

I'm Amy Goodman with Nermeen Shaikh.

During our election night broadcast on Tuesday, Democracy Now!' 's Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Shaikh and I had a chance to speak with Melat Kiros, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

who won a House seat to represent Denver, Colorado.

We want to thank you, Daniel Nishanyan, editor-in-chief of Bolts, a publication that covers local politics and policy with a focus on voting rights and criminal justice.

Coming up, we speak to Congressmember-elect Melat Kiros.

the 29-year-old attorney, Ethiopian immigrant, member of the Democratic Socialists of America, who beat in the Democratic primary, Congressmember DeJette, who was in office for almost 30 years.

She will now represent Denver, Colorado, in the next Congress.

This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report.

I'm Amy Goodman with Nermeen Shaikh.

During our election night broadcast on Tuesday, Democracy Now!' 's Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Shaikh and I had a chance to speak with Melat Kiros, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

who won a House seat to represent Denver, Colorado.