Democratic Party chair frontrunner acknowledges 'we're getting our butts kicked right now'

A top contender in the race to become the next Democratic National Committee chair acknowledged after last month's elections that "we're getting our butts kicked right now."

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party chair Ken Martin, a DNC vice chair who has led the association of state Democratic Party chairs, says the marching order for his party is "win the U.S. House back, win the Senate back and, of course, win the presidency in ’28."

But Martin, considered a DNC frontrunner, emphasized that equally important is "making sure that we are growing our party and contesting in every public policy arena throughout this nation, from school boards to the mayorships, to country boards, to city councils to state legislative races."

Democrats suffered major setbacks up and down the ballot in the 2024 el...