Booker tells DNC ‘release the autopsy’ on failed 2024 Harris campaign

Published May 10, 2026 1:57pm ET | Updated May 10, 2026 1:57pm ET



Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined the chorus of calls from Democratic Party leaders to release the Democratic National Committee’s analysis of why former Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election to President Donald Trump.

DNC Chairman Ken Martin decided in late 2025 that he would not be releasing the organization’s autopsy of the party’s 2024 election loss. The decision, which he called a “distraction from the core mission” of the DNC, was a widely unpopular move, especially after he initially promised to make the report public. Harris came out last week with a call to release the report, and Booker backed the same thinking on Sunday.

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