DNC Releases 2024 Election Autopsy Report

May 21, 2026

The Democratic National Committee published its 192-page autopsy report analyzing the 2024 presidential election loss on May 21, 2026. The report notably omits discussion of Gaza, Israel, Palestine, and foreign policy issues despite their prominence in the campaign. DNC chair Ken Martin released the report unedited and unabridged, though he stated it does not meet his standards and he could not put the DNC's stamp of approval on it.

DNC autopsy report release

▪DNC chair Ken Martin said in December 2025 that releasing the 2024 election autopsy report would be a distraction.
▪Ken Martin released the Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy report in its entirety, unedited and unabridged.
▪CNN published the Democratic National Committee's autopsy of the 2024 presidential election on May 21, 2026.
▪Ken Martin stated that when he received the Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy report in late 2025, it was not ready for primetime and no source material was provided.

Factual errors in report

▪The Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy report contains conflicting vote percentages for North Carolina's gubernatorial race.
▪The Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy report cites Washington Governor Bob Ferguson as a candidate who did things right, but later points out that Bob Ferguson underperformed Kamala Harris at the polls.
▪The Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy report misspells the names of multiple Democratic politicians.

Missing critical campaign issues

▪The Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy report does not examine President Biden's initial decision to run for reelection.
▪The Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy report does not examine the impact of Israel's war in Gaza, which the Biden administration failed to stop.
▪Republicans are polling at historic lows as of May 2026.
▪The Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy report does not examine the impact of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the Democratic nominee for president in late 2024 without a primary or electoral process.

Vague proposed solutions

▪The Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy report states that if 2024 has proven anything, there is enough money to do it all the right way.
▪The Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy report states that building to win requires new thinking and building to last requires thinking about more than the next election.

Democratic Party accountability

▪Ken Martin apologized for creating a bigger distraction by not releasing the Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy report.
▪Ken Martin stated that he could not in good faith put the Democratic National Committee's stamp of approval on the 2024 election autopsy report that was produced.
▪Ken Martin stated that the Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy report does not meet his standards.

Perspective of DNC Chair Ken Martin

▪Ken Martin stated that the Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy report does not meet his standards.
▪Ken Martin stated that he could not in good faith put the Democratic National Committee's stamp of approval on the 2024 election autopsy report that was produced.