极左翼在与建制派的对决中进一步获得底气，这场争夺民主党未来的斗争愈发激烈
2026年7月1日 美国东部时间凌晨4:00 / 福克斯新闻
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梅拉特·基罗斯赢得丹佛初选，民主党方向之争愈演愈烈
民主社会主义者梅拉特·基罗斯在丹佛初选中击败现任议员戴安娜·德盖特。汤姆·德尔·贝卡罗在《福克斯与朋友们早间版》节目中探讨进步政治的崛起，嘉宾包括哈桑·皮克。
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美国民主党社会主义者协会（DSA）正在将其政治策略推向全国。
就在一周前，与该协会结盟的候选人在纽约市两场国会众议院初选中击败建制派支持的对手，取得了获得全国广泛关注的胜选结果，如今该团体又在科罗拉多州丹佛市的一个深蓝国会选区拿下另一场重大爆冷胜利。
民主党众议员戴安娜·德盖特于1996年首次当选国会众议员，1997年就职，此次被DSA支持的梅拉特·基罗斯击败。基罗斯是首次参选的政治新人，现年29岁，曾担任律师。
基罗斯此次令人震惊的胜利，发生在达丽亚利扎·阿维拉·谢瓦利尔和克莱尔·巴尔德斯胜选一周之后。谢瓦利尔是纽约市32岁的进步派社区组织者，她击败了现任民主党众议员、国会西班牙裔核心小组主席阿德里亚诺·埃斯帕伊尔；另一位DSA结盟的候选人克莱尔·巴尔德斯则赢得了国会众议院初选，将接替即将退休的众议员妮迪亚·贝拉兹克斯。
曼达尼支持的国会候选人胜选，凸显民主党内部日益加剧的裂痕
民主党国会候选人梅拉特·基罗斯于2026年5月28日在科罗拉多州丹佛市蒙view长老会教堂参加的妇女选民联盟第1国会选区候选人论坛上发言。（图片来源：RJ·桑戈斯蒂/媒体新闻集团/丹佛邮报 via 盖蒂图片社）
谢瓦利尔和巴尔德斯得到了纽约市社会主义市长佐赫兰·曼达尼的支持，再加上基罗斯本周的胜选，进一步助长了极左翼的气焰，他们正与中左翼建制派展开一场关乎民主党未来的高风险较量。
在丹佛基罗斯胜选当晚的活动上，颇具争议的极左翼流媒体主播哈桑·皮克告诉福克斯新闻：“我认为进步政治、左翼民粹主义，以及以工人阶级需求为核心的政治，在每个选区、每个州都能行得通。这就是为什么我反复强调，这种政治模式即将来到你所在的城市。”
DSA此次最新的初选胜利来自科罗拉多州第1国会选区，这是一个由民主党占绝对主导的席位，以丹佛为核心，副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯在2024年大选中在此领先近56个百分点。
“又一位民主社会主义者即将进入国会！”DSA在社交媒体帖子中宣传道，“基罗斯众议员将把为更美好世界而战的斗争带到华盛顿：废除移民海关执法局（ICE）、解放巴勒斯坦、争取全民育儿补贴和‘医保为所有人’计划。”
基罗斯因发表批评以色列的文章而在纽约丢掉了律师工作，她还得到了正义民主党人的支持。这个成立近十年的政治团体以大力支持“国会小队”成员而闻名，这些成员包括众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科特兹、伊尔汗·奥马尔、阿雅娜·普雷斯利和拉希达·特莱布，他们在最初当选国会时就击败了根深蒂固的现任议员。
右翼正针对这位埃塞俄比亚裔基罗斯近期发表的言论展开攻击，她曾称9/11恐怖袭击是美国中东外交政策导致的“必然结果”。
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从左至右：旺达·詹姆斯、戴安娜·德盖特和梅拉特·基罗斯于2026年5月28日在科罗拉多州丹佛市蒙view长老会教堂参加的妇女选民联盟第1国会选区候选人论坛上。（图片来源：RJ·桑戈斯蒂/媒体新闻集团/丹佛邮报 via 盖蒂图片社）
科罗拉多大学校董事会成员旺达·詹姆斯于4月加入民主党国会众议院初选，在第1选区民主党初选中以个位数得票率排名第三。
进步派在邻近的第8国会选区也取得了亮眼胜利，该选区是沿丹佛以北25号州际公路走廊分布的关键摇摆席位。
州众议员曼尼·鲁蒂内尔以两位数的明显优势击败了更为温和的候选人、前州众议员香农·伯德。鲁蒂内尔接下来将挑战共和党众议员加布·埃文斯，后者在2024年选举中翻转了该席位。
这场选举被认为是决定共和党能否在中期选举中保持其微弱众议院多数席位的二三十场关键选举之一。
在这个约40%人口为拉丁裔的选区内，移民是民主党初选的核心议题。鲁蒂内尔批评伯德去年投票反对一项限制地方和州执法部门与移民海关执法局合作的法案。鲁蒂内尔还得到了包括知名拉丁裔团体在内的盟友的大量资金支持。
州众议员曼尼·鲁蒂内尔赢得了科罗拉多州第8国会选区的民主党初选。（图片来源：Hyoung Chang/丹佛邮报）
尽管鲁蒂内尔此前已缓和了对全民医保和反对水力压裂等核心进步派议题的支持，但共和党人认为，与伯德相比，他是更容易对付的大选对手。在初选竞选期间，右翼曝光了他与曼达尼一同集会的照片。
“民主党选择了一位极左翼、激进的社会主义者，一位想成为曼达尼的极端分子——他支持取消石油和天然气行业、解散执法部门、称农场主和牧场主为可怕的人，并威胁到支撑我们经济的产业，”埃文斯在一份声明中指责道。
另一场凸显进步派与温和派分歧以及民主党代际鸿沟的初选对决，是现任参议员74岁的约翰·希肯卢珀与43岁的进步派候选人、前州参议员朱莉·冈萨雷斯之间的参议院提名之争。
曾担任丹佛市长和两届州长的希肯卢珀，此前对冈萨雷斯的领先优势一度很大，但在初选前几周，这一优势被大幅缩小。冈萨雷斯曾是DSA成员。
希肯卢珀最终胜出，将在大选中对阵共和党州参议员马克·贝利斯利，后者在初选中无对手参选。
科罗拉多州参议员约翰·希肯卢珀在周二的民主党参议院初选中赢得连任提名。（图片来源：安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社）
但冈萨雷斯在败选中看到了一线希望，她在一份声明中写道：“我内心充满感激，因为我们已经给民主党建制派敲响了警钟：如果继续像对待我们这样的人一样理所当然，后果自负。”
与此同时，州总检察长菲尔·韦瑟在耗资巨大、局势紧张的民主党州长初选中击败了联邦参议员迈克尔·贝内特。
韦瑟在部分议题上的立场比贝内特更左，他通过强调自己与特朗普总统作对的行动——包括作为总检察长提起或加入了数十起针对特朗普政府的诉讼——缩小了与这位参议员的差距。韦瑟还将一度是该选举热门人选的贝内特描绘成华盛顿内部人士，在对抗特朗普方面做得太少。
科罗拉多州总检察长菲尔·韦瑟击败联邦参议员迈克尔·贝内特，获得民主党州长提名。（图片来源：Hyoung Chang/丹佛邮报）
资深民主党战略家乔·卡亚佐曾参与进步派旗手伯尼·桑德斯2016年和2020年的总统竞选，他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“不可否认的是，进步派已经建立起一个联盟，他们的信息能够在候选人成为现状可接受的替代者时，为候选人提供助力。”
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尽管近几周有不少主流民主党人在初选中获胜，但最吸引媒体关注的仍是极左翼势力。这也为共和党人提供了更多弹药，他们将所有民主党人都描绘成激进分子。
“民主党被社会主义者接管的情况已不再局限于深蓝票仓。激进分子正在接管摇摆选区，将民主党必须拿下的席位置于危险境地，破坏他们翻转众议院的机会，”共和党全国国会委员会发言人迈克·马里内拉在谈到鲁蒂内尔的胜选时说道。
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DSA’s third major primary win deepens Democrats’ fight over the party’s future
The far left is further emboldened as it takes on the establishment in a battle for the future of the Democratic Party
July 1, 2026 4:00am EDT / Fox News
By Paul Steinhauser
Melat Kiros wins Denver primary as debate over Democratic Party’s direction grows
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros wins the Denver primary against incumbent Diana DeGette. Tom Del Beccaro discusses the rise of progressive politics, featuring Hasan Piker, during ‘Fox & Friends First.’
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The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are taking their political playbook nationwide.
One week after DSA-aligned candidates scored ballot-box victories over establishment-backed contenders in two congressional primaries in New York City that grabbed outsized national attention, the group scored another major upset in a deep-blue U.S. House district in Denver, Colorado.
Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette, who was first elected to Congress in 1996 and took office in 1997, was defeated by DSA-backed Melat Kiros, a first-time candidate and former attorney who is 29 years old.
Kiros’ stunning victory comes a week after Darializa Avila Chevalier, a 32-year-old progressive community organizer in New York City, ousted incumbent Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and state Assembly Member Claire Valdez, another DSA-aligned contender, won a congressional primary to succeed retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez.
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Democratic congressional candidate Melat Kiros participated in a League of Women Voters Congressional District 1 candidate forum at Montview Presbyterian Church on May 28, 2026, in Denver, Colorado.(Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
The victories by Chevalier and Valdez, who were backed by socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, coupled with the win this week by Kiros, are further emboldening the far left as it takes on the center-left establishment in a high-stakes battle for the future of the Democratic Party.
Hasan Piker, the controversial, far-left streamer, at the Kiros primary night event in Denver, told Fox News, “I think progressive politics, left populism, a politics that centers the needs of the working class, can work in every district, in every state. That’s why I kept saying over and over again, it’s coming to a city near you.”
The latest DSA primary victory came in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, a Democrat-dominated seat anchored in Denver that then-Vice President Kamala Harris carried by nearly 56 points in the 2024 election.
“Another Democratic Socialist is going to Congress!,”, the DSA touted in a social media post. “Congresswoman Kiros will take the fight for a better world to D.C: to Abolish ICE, free Palestine, and win Universal Childcare and Medicare for All.”
Kiros, who lost her job as a lawyer in New York after writing an essay critical of Israel, was also supported by Justice Democrats, the nearly decade-old political group known for heavily supporting “Squad” members Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib as they toppled entrenched incumbents in their initial elections to Congress.
The right is targeting the Ethoipian-born Kiros for recent comments in which she said the 9/11 terrorist attacks were “inevitable” due to U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.
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From left, Wanda James, Diana DeGette and Melat Kiros participate in a League of Women Voters Congressional District 1 candidate forum at Montview Presbyterian Church on May 28, 2026, in Denver, Colorado(Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
University of Colorado regent Wanda James, who jumped into the Democratic congressional primary in April, finished third, in single digits in the First District Democratic primary.
Progressives also scored an impressive victory in the neighboring 8th Congressional District, a crucial swing seat which stretches along the I-25 corridor north of Denver.
State Rep. Manny Rutinel tallied a convincing double-digit victory over former state Rep. Shannon Bird, a more moderate candidate. Rutinel will now take on Republican Rep. Gabe Evans, who flipped the seat in the 2024 cycle.
The race is considered one of two or three dozen that will determine if the GOP holds onto its razor-thin House majority in the midterms.
Immigration was a top issue in the Democratic primary in a district where roughly 40% of the population is Latino. Rutinel criticized Bird for a vote she cast last year opposing a measure limiting cooperation between local and state law enforcement and ICE. And Rutinel was boosted by big spending from allies, including prominent Latino groups.
State Rep. Manny Rutinel won the Democratic primary in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District.(Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
While Rutinel has tempered his previous support for top progressive issues, including Medicare for All and opposition to fracking, Republicans viewed him as the easier general election challenger than Bird. During the primary campaign, the right spotlighted pictures of him rallying alongside Mamdani.
“Democrats have chosen a far-left, radical socialist, Mamdani-wanna-be extremist — someone who supports eliminating oil and gas, defunding law enforcement, calling farmers and ranchers horrific, and threatening the industries that power our economy,” Evans charged in a statement.
Another primary showdown highlighting the split between progressives and moderates, as well as the party’s generational divide, was the Senate nomination battle between incumbent Sen. John Hickenlooper, 74, and former state Sen. Julie Gonzales, a 43-year-old progressive.
Hickenlooper, a former Denver mayor and two-term governor, saw his once-large advantage over Gonzales, a one-time DSA member, narrow in the weeks ahead of the primary.
Hickenlooper prevailed and will now be the clear favorite in the general election against Republican state Sen. Mark Baisley, who was unopposed in his primary.
Sen. John Hickenlooper of Colorado won renomination in Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
But Gonzales saw a silver lining in defeat, writing in a statement, “My heart is full, knowing that we’ve put the Democratic establishment on notice: keep taking folks like us for granted at your own peril.”
Meanwhile, state Attorney General Phil Weiser topped U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in the expensive and combustible Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Weiser, who ran to Bennet’s left on certain issues, closed the gap with the senator as he spotlighted his efforts to take on President Donald Trump, including filing or joining dozens of lawsuits against the Trump administration as attorney general. And Weiser painted Bennett, the one-time favorite in the race, as a DC insider doing too little to stand up to Trump.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser defeated U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.(Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Longtime Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo, a veteran of progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, told Fox News Digital that “it is undeniable that progressives have built a coalition and have a message that can serve to buoy a candidate when they are an acceptable alternative to the status quo.”
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While plenty of mainstream Democrats have racked up primary victories in recent weeks, it is the far-left that’s grabbing the media spotlight. And that’s giving Republicans more ammunition as they portray all Democrats as radicals.
“The socialist takeover of the Democrat Party is no longer confined to deep-blue strongholds. The radicals are taking over battleground districts, putting must-win seats out of reach for Democrats and sinking their chances of flipping the House,”NRCC Spokesman Mike Marinella said as he pointed to Rutinel’s victory.
Fox News’ Olivia Palombo and Matthew Donnell contributed to this report
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