Kenneth Nathan Martin[1] (born July 17, 1973) is an American politician from Minnesota serving as chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

He served as the executive assistant to Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch and helped run his 2006 campaign for governor.

[8] Working with the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters, he led an effort on behalf of the building trades to pass prevailing wage ordinances with local governments throughout Minnesota.

[10] Martin later served as the executive director of WIN Minnesota, a donor collaborative that helped develop, fund, and direct independent expenditures during the 2010 election cycle.

[13] When Martin was elected chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in 2011, he inherited a state party deeply in debt[14] after significant election losses, including losing the majority in the state senate for the first time in 40 years, the majority in the House of Representatives, and one of the longest-held Democratic seats in Congress with the defeat of Jim Oberstar in Minnesota's 8th congressional district.

[15] In the 2012 Minnesota elections, the DFL regained majorities in both houses of the state legislature;[16] Minnesota became the first state to defeat a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage;[17] a voter ID constitutional amendment was defeated;[18] and DFL nominee Rick Nolan won in the 8th congressional district.

[24] In addition, the DFL won every constitutional office; won back the majority in the State House of Representatives;[25] flipped two congressional seats from red to blue, one of which had been held by Republicans for over 40 years; and elected two women to the U.S. Senate, Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith,[26] becoming only the fifth state to be represented by two women in the Senate simultaneously.

[34] The Star Tribune noted that the DFL had recently seen a slew of wins statewide and raised around three times as much funding as the state Republican Party in his first 10 years as chair.

[37] After Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election, Martin announced his intention to run for chairman of the Democratic National Committee.