Democratic National Committee flip flops, pulls plug on its 2024 election ‘autopsy'
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is killing its autopsy of the party's sweeping setbacks in the 2024 election.DNC Chair Ken Martin on Thursday said he decided against making public a...
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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is killing its autopsy of the party's sweeping setbacks in the 2024 election. DNC Chair Ken Martin on Thursday said he decided against making public a report that he called for when he was first elected party chair at the beginning of the year. The autopsy looked into what went wrong for the Democrats as they lost control of the White House and Senate and failed to win back the House majority in the 2024 elections , as Republicans made major gains with key Democratic Party voters. Martin, in a statement, said releasing the report would be "a distraction" from the party's "core mission" to win back congressional majorities in next year's midterm elections. CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS WIDEN 2026 BATTLEFIELD Democratic Party officials interviewed over 300 Democrats from all 50 states for the report, which Martin promised would drill down on the mistakes in 2024 and offer a roadmap to victory going forward. There was controversy surrounding the report as it was being compiled, after reports last summer said the autopsy would skip analyzing whether former President Joe Biden should have run for re-election in 2024 and would pass on judging key decisions made by former Vice President Kamala Harris and her team, after she replaced Biden as the party's nominee. DEMOCRATS END 30-YEAR LOSING STREAK IN THIS CITY Throughout the process, Martin repeatedly pushed back on calling the report an "autopsy," since he noted that the Democratic Party wasn't dead. He instead labeled the report an "after-action review." But fast-forward to present day, and Democrats are now energized heading into 2026, thanks to their decisive victories in last month's 2025 elections and their overperformances in a slew of special elections this year. Martin, in explaining his decision, wrote, "We completed a comprehensive review of what happened in 2024 and are already putting our learnings into motion. And we're winning again — even in places that haven't gone blue i…