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Democrats have hit ‘rock bottom,’ party leader says; here’s his unorthodox rebound plan

The Democratic Party may have hit “rock bottom,” DNC chair Martin admits, but the 2026 midterms could be the beginning of a new trajectory, he tells Fox News.

DemocraticNationalCommittee(DNC)ChairKenMartinisn’tpullinganypunches. “There’snodoubtthat…wehaveworktodo,”Martinacknowledgedinanextended,sit-downinterviewthisweekwithFoxNewsDigital. ButtheDNCchairseesPresidentDonaldTrump’ssignaturedomesticachievementsofarinhissecondtermasammunitionthatwillhelptheDemocratsrebound. Thepartyistryingtoescapethepoliticalwildernessafterlastyear’selections,whenDemocratslostcontroloftheWhiteHouseandtheSenateandfellshortintheirbidtowinbacktheHousemajority. DNCCHAIRTELLSFOXNEWS‘WEWANTEVERYONE’INCLUDING‘LEFTISTS’LIKEMAMDANI RepublicansmadegainswithvoterswhomakeupkeypartsoftheDemocraticParty’sbase. Martinnotedthatthepartyhascontinuedto“losegroundwithmanypartsofourcoalition.” Butheseesasilverlining. “Whenyouhitrockbottom,there’sonlyonedirectio