[4] In 2024, Martin was appointed Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs by Governor Roy Cooper.

Martin was first elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2004, after defeating incumbent Republican Don Munford.

[9] But in 2013, Ross resigned from the legislature, and with her endorsement, local Democrats selected Martin to take her place for the remainder of the term.

[15] On June 2, 2022, Martin announced that he would be resigning his seat in the NC House to take a job at the Pentagon as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.

Martin had been planning to run for re-election in 2022, but his name will be replaced on the general election ballot by another candidate chosen by the Wake County Democratic Party.