DNC chair candidates say the party needs a 2024 post-mortem

How Kamala Harris’ campaign burned through more than $1.4 billion in 15 weeks dominated the storyline of the vice president’s devastating loss to Donald Trump on Nov. 5.

How Kamala Harris’ campaign burned through more than $1.4 billion in 15 weeks dominated the storyline of the vice president’s devastating loss to Donald Trump on Nov. 5. 

While there are questions that only the campaign itself can answer, the four people running to be the next Democratic National Committee chair say they want to find out as much as they are able about an election in which Democrats had more money and manpower but lost the White House anyway. 

In interviews, the candidates for DNC chair said that as the party moves into 2025, it should be armed with a postmortem to learn lessons from an election in which the Democratic presidential candidate lost every battleground state and the popular vote.

The DNC would not have the power to conduct a forensic examination into the Harris campaign’s spending, as the campaign is a separate entity, but the candidates each said they supported a broad review of what happened leading up to the White House loss, including looking at messaging, voter outreach and how resources were dispensed.  

Ken Martin, the Minnesota Party chair and a DNC vice chair, said the party needs a sweeping review of how it is approaching the electorate. He called for a third-party audit of the entire party infrastructure, including the DNC and its sister committees that fight for Democratic gains in Congress. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/dnc-chair-candidates-2024-post-mortem-rcna180688

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