AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Ken Martin digs in at DNC as calls for his resignation mount and party finances trail the GOP by more than $100 million
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