Harris Calls for Release of DNC’s 2024 Election Review

Former Vice President Kamala Harris wants the Democratic National Committee to release its assessment of why and how she lost to President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. The Washington Examiner confirmed NBC News reporting that Harris, who is publicly weighing another bid for the White House in 2028, supports making the document public.

DNC Chairman Ken Martin announced in December 2025 that he would not release the committee’s autopsy of the Democrats’ 2024 election loss.

Martin backtracked from an initial commitment to release the 2024 autopsy report to the public. He argued that releasing the autopsy could be a “distraction from the core mission” of the DNC. Harris did not know Martin was going to keep the autopsy report from the public until he made the announcement.

She has not discussed the report with Ken Martin. The information came from a source familiar with Harris’s thinking. Martin said “stakeholders from across the Democratic ecosystem” were aligned about the DNC’s mission regarding the 2024 election.

He stated the DNC completed a comprehensive review of what happened in 2024 and are already putting learnings into motion. “We’re winning again—even in places that haven’t gone blue in decades,” Martin said in his December 2025 statement. ” Martin added that the DNC’s North Star is “does this help us win?

The Washington Examiner has reached out to the DNC for comment. Harris has publicly stated that she is “thinking about” another presidential run in 2028. Her 2024 campaign after Joe Biden dropped out lasted 107 days.

Given that short runway, she could mount a full-length campaign in a future cycle. Potential 2028 Democratic candidates reportedly mulling runs include Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), Rep.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY), and Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL).