Social­ism goes west as DSA-backed chal­lenger ousts long­time Demo­c­rat

Socialism goes west as DSA-backed challenger ousts longtime Democrat

Rep. Diana DeGette, D‑Colo., a 30-year incum­bent, lost to a Demo­c­ra­t­ic Social­ists of Amer­i­ca (DSA)-backed chal­lenger in a high-pro­file pri­ma­ry on Tues­day evening.Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old social­ist, defeat­ed DeGette in a Demo­c­ra­t­ic pri­ma­ry for a deep-blue House seat anchored in Den­ver, accord­ing to The Asso­ci­at­ed Press, scor­ing a major vic­to­ry for the social­ist left on Tues­day evening.The DSA had been aim­ing to cast DeGette’s loss as evi­dence of its grow­ing momen­tum after a slate of social­ist can­di­dates won Demo­c­ra­t­ic pri­maries in New York City last week.“Today, the East Coast, next week the Moun­tain West,” the DSA wrote in a social media post last week.SOCIALISTS CHEER ‘SHOCKWAVE’ PRIMARY NIGHT AS DSA-BACKED CANDIDATES WIN, ADVANCE ACROSS THE MAPIf elect­ed in Novem­ber, Kiros, who was born in Ethiopia, will like­ly join the ranks of the far-left group known as the Squad and be …