https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Martin
Ken Martin was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 17, 1973, [4][5] and attended Eden Prairie High School. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1996 with a BA in political science and history. [3] Martin received the Donald K. Alderson Memorial Award, which recognizes a graduating senior whose campus involvement benefited fellow students and the greater good. [citation needed]
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/31/donors-dnc-ken-martin-2028-problem-01018287
4 days ago · Ken is in a death spiral.” One national donor adviser said Martin ’s highly publicized missteps are making it difficult to convince donors to cut checks to the DNC.
https://apnews.com/article/ken-martin-dnc-resign-autopsy-2024-democrats-39474d2b5b264ac8a99547835220451f
May 23, 2026 · Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is facing new calls to resign from within his own party.
https://apnews.com/article/democratic-national-committee-trump-martin-omalley-midterms-e5825eaff55dd197a89c6aaf9639f1fe
2 days ago · National Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin is said to be in survival mode. That’s how people close to the embattled leader describe his mindset as he navigates a storm of frustration from within the party heading into the November elections.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/embattled-dnc-chair-ken-martin-probably-isnt-going-anywhere_n_6a6a21b1e4b098352c3058af
6 days ago · Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin has alienated much of the Democratic Party: Candidates in key races, potential 2028 presidential candidates, operatives on both sides of the party’s ideological split, and members of Congress are all enormously frustrated with the party apparatus’s ...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/07/28/democratic-leader-and-former-dflchair-may-have-severed-donor-trust-analyst-says
6 days ago · Former Minnesota DFL Chair Ken Martin is in the spotlight following a news story highlighting an increasingly tense environment within the National Democratic Party leadership.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/07/31/the-case-for-the-dncs-ken-martin-really/
4 days ago · Martin is being excoriated, but he’s taking on the consultant class, building a strong grassroots operation, and raising tons of money.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/23/dnc-chair-ken-martin-democrats-election
May 23, 2026 · Ken Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, is facing mounting calls to resign over his shambolic handling of an autopsy report on Kamala Harris’s defeat by Donald Trump in the ...
https://democrats.org/ken-martin-elected-as-new-dnc-chair-commits-to-build-democratic-party-to-win-to-expand-and-to-last/
Feb 1, 2025 · Today, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Chair and Association of State Democratic Committees (ASDC) President Ken Martin was elected as the new Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) with overwhelming support from DNC members on the first ballot. In his acceptance speech, newly-elected Chair Martin committed to holding the Trump administration accountable, uniting and charting ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/us/politics/ken-martin-dnc-democrats.html
Jul 26, 2026 · At the center is Ken Martin, the 53-year-old party chairman, who has found himself increasingly isolated, gripped by the fear that he will lose his job and relying on a vanishingly small circle of ...
