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New Politics endorsed the former paratrooper more than a year before Election Day and served as a key advisor to her Red to Blue campaign.
WASHINGTON D.C. (November 5, 2026) — Former U.S. Army Captain and paratrooper Jessica Killin has won Colorado's 5th Congressional District, flipping a seat in what the DCCC calls the most Democratic-trending congressional district in the nation. A fourth-generation Coloradan, Killin led soldiers overseas as a Military Police Officer and later spent more than a decade protecting military families from predatory lenders.
New Politics endorsed Killin in September 2025 and has served as a key advisor and coach to her campaign ever since. A member of the DCCC's Red to Blue program, Killin is one of the New Politics-backed servant leaders whose victories returned the House to Democratic control.
Emily Cherniack, Founder and Executive Director of New Politics, released the following statement:
“We got behind Jessica Killin early because her record told us everything we needed to know. She jumped out of airplanes for the Army, led soldiers on peacekeeping missions, and then spent years standing between military families and the people trying to take advantage of them. Southern Colorado wanted a representative who would answer to them and not to a party, and this week they got one. New Politics has been proud to work alongside Jessica from the early days of this campaign, and we're proud of the part she played in winning back the House.”
New Politics is an organization that revitalizes American democracy by recruiting, developing, and electing leaders across the ideological and political spectrum who have committed their lives to serving their communities and our country, either through military service, national service organizations like AmeriCorps or the Peace Corps, or by demonstrating strong service-based leadership in their community. New Politics' support includes strategic advising and training in all aspects of a candidate's campaign, such as fundraising, communications, organizing, hiring, and team building. New Politics has raised over $40 million to support over 475 candidates, successfully electing more than 200 of them to office, from Congress to School Board. Learn more at newpolitics.org.
