KIROS, MELAT
DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Colorado · District 1 · Election 2026 · ChallengerH6CO01273
Overview
- Raised
- $1.3M
- Spent
- $1.2M
- Cash on hand
- $75.7K
- Debts owed
- $1,100
OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.
Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.
Candidate & race
- Office & constituency
- U.S. House · Colorado · District 1
- Reported party
- Democratic
- Election year
- 2026
- Race status
- Challenger
- Candidate status
- Current candidate
- Principal campaign committee
- KIROS FOR CONGRESS (C00909481)
The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.
Money in
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Sources
- Itemized individual contributions$690K
- Unitemized individual contributions$524.7K
- Other committees$65.6K
- Candidate contributions$3,936
- Candidate loans$1,100
- Other receipts$40
Top contributors
- BOUCHER, ROSS64% Democratic · 32% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$7,0001 contribution
- CHAKRABARTI, SAIKAT96% Democratic · 3% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$7,0001 contribution
Money out
Spending by kind
- Operating expenditures$1.2M
- Contribution refunds$2,160
Largest operating payments
- MIDDLE SEAT$60.8KTV ADVERTISING · Jun 22, 2026
- MIDDLE SEAT$60.6KTV ADVERTISING · May 21, 2026
- MIDDLE SEAT$58.6KTV ADVERTISING · May 29, 2026
- MIDDLE SEAT$58.6KTV ADVERTISING · Jun 3, 2026
- MIDDLE SEAT$51.2KTV ADVERTISING · Jun 25, 2026
- MIDDLE SEAT$36.9KTV ADVERTISING · Jun 18, 2026
- MIDDLE SEAT$33.2KTV ADVERTISING · Jun 22, 2026
- MIDDLE SEAT$30.2KTV ADVERTISING · Jun 15, 2026
- MIDDLE SEAT$27.9KTV ADVERTISING · Jun 24, 2026
- MIDDLE SEAT
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Financial timeline
2025–2026 election cycle · dated records
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Records
Registration
- Office sought
- U.S. House
- State / district
- Colorado · District 1
- Party affiliation
- Democratic
- Race status
- Challenger
- Candidate status
- Current candidate
- Election year
- 2026
- Registration snapshot cycle
- 2025–2026
- Cycles loaded
- 2026
- Registered address
- PO BOX 16134 · DENVER, Colorado, 80216
- Compliance screening
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Relationships
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Reconciliation
- Coverage
- Jul 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
- Contribution refunds
- $2,160
- Debts owed by committees
- $1,100
- Last report
- PRE-GENERAL
Source and provenance
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