Martin’s decision, first reported by The New York Times, spares top Democrats from more scrutiny about their campaigns, including former President Joe Biden, who withdrew from the race after announcing his second-term run, and his vice president, Kamala Harris, who became the nominee and lost to Trump.

During his remarks at the APEC Summit in South Korea several weeks ago in October, Donald Trump made a Freudian slip and stated that he didn't win last year in the 2024 presidential election, making the implication it was rigged for him to become president.

Democrats claim major 2025 election victories fueled by focus on affordability and inflation concerns that previously hurt the party in 2024 races.

DNC Chair Ken Martin ordered a postmortem report after he assumed his post and said it would help the party learn from mistakes. Now he says releasing it would be a distraction.

The Democratic National Committee said Thursday that it would not release a highly anticipated “autopsy” of the 2024 election, a decision aimed at unifying the party that also sidesteps uncomfortable and lasting divisions over its loss to President Donald Trump.

Ken Martin, the Democratic National Committee chairman, ordered the autopsy months ago but is now said to believe that its release would be counterproductive for the party.

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 Democratic National Committee (DNC) has decided against releasing its post-mortem of the party’s 2024 losses as the party looks to build on 2025 momentum and take back power in Congress during next year’s midterms.

Activist David Hogg blasted the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Thursday for choosing to not release its postmortem of Democrats’ 2024 election losses. “I ran for DNC vice chair after

Over the course of the month of November, the DNC lost roughly $6 million from its campaign war chest as spending outpaced contributions.