Michael Kapp

@TheDemocrats Rules & Bylaws Committee Member | @CA_Dem #DNC Member | @LADemocrats @MiracleMileDems | Signal: michaelkapp.85 (he/him/his)

[Michael Kapp @michaelkapp]

The media keeps focusing on spreadsheets.
Consultants keep focusing on spending that used to make them rich.

I’m focused on wins.

💪 90% overperformance
🧹 30-0 in state legislative flips.
💵 50% more cash on hand than 2018

Read my op-ed in @thehill: https://t.co/SO61wHFS6u

[Shad Murib @ShadMurib]

.@kenmartin73's job is to win elections and he's been good at it at the DNC.

The same consultants and podcasters who lose elections aren't getting what they want. The grift is real.

The reason they're piling on is that if Ken's strategy works in 26, it's over for them in 28.

[Michael Kapp @michaelkapp]

The only DNC autopsy we need, in one sentence.

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[Nomiki - @nomiki.bsky.social @NomikiKonst]

THIS. Remember it was the OFA folks who killed the DNC, and ran Hillary and Kamala’s races.

Want an autopsy? Here it is in a sentence:

Never hire those consultants or put them in authority of the DNC EVER AGAIN.

[Nomiki - @nomiki.bsky.social @NomikiKonst]

THIS. Remember it was the OFA folks who killed the DNC, and ran Hillary and Kamala’s races.

Want an autopsy? Here it is in a sentence:

Never hire those consultants or put them in authority of the DNC EVER AGAIN.

[Michael Kapp @michaelkapp]

.@TheDemocrats Rules & Bylaws Committee will be meeting virtually at 9am PT/noon ET today to continue our work on the 2028 Delegate Selection Rules.

Per @kenmartin73, all DNC meetings will be open & accessible, so the meeting will be livestreamed here: https://t.co/XCylb83qEa

[Jaime Harrison @harrisonjaime]

With due respect @jrpsaki, I think maybe we spoke once while you were at the White House… so I’m not sure how you would know what I thought.

But since you’re curious: I believed the DNC should have been empowered to do its job, organize aggressively not just in the midterms (but also the presidential cycle), communicate directly with the base, and operate as a PARTNER, not a subsidiary whose tweets, press releases, and routine decisions required constant White House approval.

We raised historic amounts and when I did try to ruthlessly define the opposition we were told by folks in WH comms or the Deputy Chief we couldn’t or that our approach or rhetoric was too sharp.

I never sought a policy role but if I thought a policy didn’t make sense politically, particularly for minority communities I respectfully made it known.

But I digress…

[TheHillOpinion @TheHillOpinion]

The numbers don’t lie: The DNC is winning where it matters most https://t.co/pjRDFht6m8

[Jane Fleming Kleeb🇺🇸We The People @janekleeb]

One of the best pieces written about how @TheDemocrats and @DemStateParties are re-building state infrastructure to win this cycle and beyond. We are done with only targeting a handful of states. That's not party strength, that's an outdated playbook that doesn't work. Thx @michaelkapp for writing this and making the case for year-round permanent infrastructure, exactly what Chair @kenmartin73 is doing. https://t.co/TcPaEpshiZ

[Michael Kapp @michaelkapp]

This is the real debate:

Do we keep rebuilding from scratch every cycle...or do we actually invest in the infrastructure needed to win consistently?

The results so far are pretty clear.

Read more in @thehill: https://t.co/SO61wHFS6u

[Michael Kapp @michaelkapp]

The media keeps focusing on spreadsheets.
Consultants keep focusing on spending that used to make them rich.

I’m focused on wins.

💪 90% overperformance
🧹 30-0 in state legislative flips.
💵 50% more cash on hand than 2018

Read my op-ed in @thehill: https://t.co/SO61wHFS6u

[Michael Kapp @michaelkapp]

These wins are the result of a @KenMartin73's strategic shift to invest in:

☑️state parties
☑️candidate recruitment
☑️organizers on the ground

Moving us away from the old short-term, consultant-driven spending model – and toward building real, durable Democratic infrastructure.

[Jane Fleming Kleeb🇺🇸We The People @janekleeb]

DNC Chair @kenmartin73 is leading a 57 state party strategy. Some national talkers and consultants are upset. Those of us in the states working with candidates and county parties every day know this is the way to build power and make people's lives better. Listen to @SimonWDC latest with Alaska chair. https://t.co/eIRYg2LySP

[Michael Kapp @michaelkapp]

But when you look at the actual scoreboard – overperformances in 90% of elections, a 30-0 record in statehouse flips, recruitment successes, and organizing growth – Ken Martin’s strategy is working.

The media is missing the story.

[Michael Kapp @michaelkapp]

I've been on the DNC long enough to remember when we lost the WH & Tom Perez was DNC Chair and fundraising ⬇️. Yet these stories didn't happen to Perez.

Ken Martin has beaten every Perez record by millions of $ – yet we have this B.S.

The media is missing the true story.

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[Sam Stein @samstein]

BREAKING: in recent weeks, some DNC members have privately discussed trying to force Chair Martin out of the job, according to three people familiar with these conversations. The idea was put on hold after members failed to identify an alternative candidate willing to step into the role.

scoop from @Lauren_V_Egan

https://t.co/E4MBxHsPqp

[Michael Kapp @michaelkapp]

A lot of the negativity is coming from inside-the-Beltway circles that preferred the old consultant-driven model. Because it made them rich, regardless of whether Democrats won or lost.