U.S. House · Colorado's 1st District

• ✓SupportsExpand public health coverage

  Campaign website says she will always stand for Medicare for All and describes health care access as directly linked to life expectancy and economic outcomes.[3]

• ✓SupportsUniversal, publicly funded child care

  Says she will always stand for universal childcare as part of putting working families first.[3]

• ✕OpposesContinue U.S. military aid to Israel

  Campaign website calls for an arms embargo and says tax dollars should not support what she describes as a genocide, opposing continued unconditional military aid.[3]

• Campaign finance and lobbying reform, plus congressional term limits, to reduce the influence of money in politics.[3]
• Expanding voting rights and consolidating elections into a single day with a shorter election cycle.[3]
• Codifying access to housing, health care, nutritious food and public education as basic needs for every American.[3]

• Immigrated to Denver, Colorado, from Tigray, Ethiopia, in 1998 with her family.[3]
• Earned bachelor's degrees in Political Science and Economics from Washington College (2018) and a law degree from the University of Notre Dame (2022).[2][3]
• Career experience includes working as a lawyer and, earlier, as a barista.[2][3]

Raised $1.1M · spent $965K · $126K cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

• ✓SupportsIncrease police funding and staffing

  Says making cities safe again is her top priority and that crime and lax enforcement have driven residents and businesses away.[4]

• ✕OpposesStricter gun laws

  States support for protecting the right to bear arms in her Ballotpedia survey response.[4]

• Public safety: says reducing crime and 'soft on crime' policies in Denver is her top priority, arguing this would let businesses and visitors return to the city.[4]
• Reducing government waste, fraud and abuse, and creating incentives for business growth and job creation.[4]

• Graduated from Chatfield Senior High School.[4]
• Earned a bachelor's degree from San Diego State University in 2006.[4]
• Career experience includes working in accounting/office management in construction; states she is pursuing a doctorate in natural and functional medicine.[4]

Raised $2,057 · spent $354 · $1,703 cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

• Lists his three key campaign messages as restoring the Constitution, ending the Federal Reserve and the IRS, and stopping what he calls endless wars.[5]
• Says he is personally passionate about free markets.[5]

• Served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1993 to 2013, including a combat tour.[5]
• Earned a bachelor's degree from Occidental College and an MBA from Pepperdine University.[5]
• Currently works as a technology entrepreneur.[5]

• ✓SupportsProtect legal access to abortion

  Says he supports a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions and does not believe government should interfere in women's healthcare.[6]

  “I support a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions, and I support the freedom of consenting adults to marry the person they love. These are deeply personal decisions, and I do not believe government should interfere in women's healthcare or in the private lives of consenting adults.”

• Says he is running as an independent who rejects contributions from PACs and special-interest groups, saying he answers only to the people of the district.[6]
• Says he would caucus with Democrats and support Rep. Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker as a check on the Trump administration, while remaining willing to oppose Democratic-backed policies he disagrees with.[6]
• Wants to strengthen Denver's local economy by supporting small businesses, encouraging investment, and improving public safety.[6]

• Born and raised in Denver's Sloan's Lake neighborhood, the son of immigrants; his father was a Holocaust survivor from Poland who served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War before earning an engineering degree from Columbia University.[6]
• Is a board-certified physician specializing in interventional spine and pain management; returned to Denver in 2013 to complete his medical fellowship and build his practice.[6]
• Owns a small medical practice/business in the Denver area.[6]

• In his most recent completed Ballotpedia survey (2022), listed his three key campaign messages simply as 'Unity, Unity, Unity.'[7]
• In an earlier (2020) survey, said his priorities included free universal education using technology, action on climate change, and ending prohibition by legalizing currently banned substances.[7]

• Earned a degree from the University of Denver in 2006 and attended the College for Financial Planning for graduate study; spent over a decade as a financial advisor.[7]
• Has been affiliated with Multiple Summits for Multiple Sclerosis as a member of its organizing committee.[7]
• Has run for federal office repeatedly since 2020, including for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District and U.S. Senate in 2020 and this seat in 2024.[7]