Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin faces a widening revolt from donors, operatives, and fellow party leaders who say his leadership has left the DNC broke, directionless, and unprepared for the 2026 midterms, yet he refuses to step aside. Rufus Gifford, who served as finance chairman for President Joe Biden's reelection campaign, published a Substack […] The post Ken Martin digs in at DNC as calls for his resignation mount and party finances trail the GOP by more than $100 million appeared first on American Almanac .
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin faces a widening revolt from donors, operatives, and fellow party leaders who say his leadership has left the DNC broke, directionless, and unprepared for the 2026 midterms, yet he refuses to step aside. Rufus Gifford, who served as finance chairman for President Joe Biden's reelection campaign, published a Substack essay this week declaring that the DNC under Martin is "spiraling toward irrelevance." Gifford did not mince words about the chairman's future. "At this point, I think there is no saving Martin's chairmanship," Gifford wrote . "He is a good man with good intentions but simply not meeting this critical moment." Shannon Watts, the former leader of gun-safety group Moms Demand…Open
A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.
Image: Gage Skidmore via Flickr , CC BY-SA 2.0 . Gage Skidmore The Democratic National Committee’s long awaited and long suppressed analysis of Kamala Harris’s campaign bodes ill for the party’s future.
Democrats fighting over their strategy and leadership for 2028 are locked in on savaging — or saving — the one man with a title and power: DNC chair Ken Martin. Why it matters: Martin is facing a growing crisis of confidence over the Democratic National Committee's bungled autopsy of the 2024 election and its financial struggles . This is the biggest, earliest test of the party's top brass heading into '28. - So far, Martin has staved off a revolt among DNC members at a time when they're setting the calendar for the 2028 presidential primary — a key factor in determining the party's next nominee. - In fact, as some members of Congress and Democratic strategists are calling for Martin to resign, key DNC members are rallying to…
U.S. — The Democratic National Committee released its autopsy this week of what went wrong in the 2024 election cycle, the contents of which turned out to just be the results of an autopsy performed on former President Joe Biden.
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin on Thursday released an autopsy report of the party’s loss in the 2024 presidential election, saying he did not endorse the findings but noting that he wanted to ensure transparency. The autopsy report sent shock waves through the party as it reflects on former Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 election loss, which it blames in part on decisions made throughout the Biden administration. #DNC #dncautopsyresults #dnc2024electionautopsy
Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin is facing a surge of anger and even some calls to resign from congressional Democrats following the release of the DNC's 2024 election autopsy on Thursday. Why it matters: The chaotic handling of the report builds on concerns among Democrats about Martin's leadership and the DNC's anemic fundraising numbers compared to its GOP counterpart. - "He should resign," Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) told Axios, citing "his lack of leadership" and saying it is "utterly nuts it took us this long to release the autopsy." - In a radio interview Thursday, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) said in response to a caller who argued Martin should be replaced: "I agree. ... Having what we have right now is not doing…
The report partly blamed aides to Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Kamala Harris for her defeat. But it was widely seen as a poorly executed examination, bringing fresh scrutiny to Democrats.
