End Citizens United Endorses Melat Kiros in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District

End Citizens United (ECU), a leading national anti-corruption organization, today endorsed Melat Kiros in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District. As part of ECU’s Unrig Washington program, Kiros rejects corporate PAC money, supports a ban on congressional stock trading, and commits to helping get dark money out of elections.

“Colorado families are tired of paying the price for corruption, whether it’s rising utility bills or gas prices,” said End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller. “Melat will fight against a Republican culture of pay-to-play politics that has taken over Washington and led to policies that hurt the very people government is supposed to serve. She’ll focus on the issues that matter to Coloradans, not corporations, and she’s proving it by refusing to take a cent of corporate PAC money. We’re proud to endorse her and look forward to sending her to Congress in November.”

“Working families across Colorado are getting squeezed by an economy that produces huge profits for special interests while leaving everyone else behind,” said Melat Kiros. “You cannot work for the people while also taking money from the corporations and billionaires who got us into this mess. I've never taken a dime in corporate PAC money, and I never will — that's how we start earning back people's trust in government. I’m grateful to be working with End Citizens United in fighting back against corporate influence and rooting out corruption in politics.”

Melat Kiros is centering anti-corruption in her campaign and has spoken to voters’ frustration with a government that answers only to the highest bidder. She is a lawyer who used her platform to speak up for the rights of protesters, leading to her firing by a big law firm. Kiros is part of Unrig Washington, joining 300 Democratic candidates committed to rejecting corporate PAC money, supporting a ban on congressional stock trading, and working to crack down on dark money in politics. Learn more here.

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For 11 years, End Citizens United (ECU) has been dedicated to combating the two biggest challenges facing our democracy: the corrosive impact of Big Money in politics and attempts to block access to the ballot box. Since its founding in 2015, ECU has had over 1.4 million donors with an average donation of just $14. The group has more than four million members nationwide and is one of the nation’s leading anti-corruption organizations.