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Elections · U.S. House, District 1 · Colorado

Melat Kiros

Democrat On the November ballot

Raised for this seat

$1.1M

Through June 30, 2026

Cash on hand

$126K

Through June 30, 2026

On the November ballot

Kiros faces Christy Peterson for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Melat Kirosthis pageDemocrat · $1.1MChristy PetersonRepublican · $2K

The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

42%from small donors
Small donors
42%$461K
Large donors
53%$581K
PACs
2%$27K
Party
--
Self-funding
<1%$5K
Other
2%$17K

Separately, $1.1M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.

Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Colorado

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 8 days before by mail or online, or same-day through Election Day in person.

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People
725K
Median household income
$95K
Unemployment
4.8%
Living below the poverty line
11.2%
Without health insurance
9.0%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$461K
  • Justice Democrats PAC$306K
  • American Priorities$150K
  • Working Families Party PAC$4K
  • SF Solidarity PAC$495
  • Organize for Peace$116

Spending to oppose them

$675K
  • Project 218$400K
  • Pro-Choice Majority Action$275K
How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

In their own words

What Kiros's campaign says it would work on.

The priorities Kiros's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.

  • Medicare for All
  • End All Wars
  • Universal Child + Eldercare
  • Housing
  • Healthcare
  • Nutritious Food
  • Education
  • Child+eldercare
  • Tax the Rich
  • Transit
  • Publicly Owned Utlities
  • Voting Rights

Quoted from kirosforco.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.

Record in office

Kiros has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Wikimedia Commons, see Commons. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.