DNC Chair Ken Martin faces calls to resign over delayed autopsy report

Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee, withheld the party's 192-page autopsy report analyzing the 2024 election defeat for months. Upon its eventual release, the report has sparked immediate backlash rather than unity. Former DNC Vice Chair David Hogg issued a sharp statement calling on Martin to resign, describing the entire process — including the internal debate over whether to release the document — as a 'demoralizing joke.' Hogg argued that the party needs a leader with 'competence, creativity, moral clarity, and a relentless commitment to actually changing the broken Democratic Party brand.'

Congressman Seth Moulton of Massachusetts echoed the call, telling Axios that Martin 'should resign' and adding that it is 'utterly nuts it took us this long to release the autopsy.' The criticism underscores deep fractures within the DNC leadership, raising questions about Martin's ability to guide the party forward after a devastating electoral loss. The controversy threatens to undermine any substantive lessons the report may contain, as internal blame shifting intensifies.