This weekend, DNC Chair Ken Martin traveled to Florida to be on the ground and mobilize voters for Florida’s special elections tomorrow, April 1, because candidates Josh Weil (FL-06) and Gay Valimont (FL-01) will fight for Florida’s working families.

The country is seeing Democratic momentum in special elections across the country and Republicans are scared. Since the start of the year Democrats have overperformed in 13 out of 14 special elections.

See the coverage below:

On Broadcast: 

Chair Martin on MSNBC’s All in with Chris Hayes: “I’m here in Florida right now. I’m going to be canvassing this weekend in those two Florida special elections. And yes, they are ruby red districts but we’ve already seen positive movement in our direction and if we continue to work and organize we can win anywhere. … The fact that Donald Trump is talking about this race is astounding. This is a race he won by thirty some odd points as he mentioned. The Republicans should win this easily, but they’re clearly running scared right now. We know that we are seeing momentum in this race. The fact is that they could very well lose one or both of these races next Tuesday. … Democrats are energized, Republicans are demoralized and independent voters are swinging our way because they are pissed off at Donald Trump and Elon Musk.” 

In Print:

News 4 Jax: Candidates gunning for Florida’s Congressional District 6 seat make final push ahead of Tuesday’s special election

[3/30/25]

Key Point: “News4JAX also spoke with Fine and Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin, who was canvassing on behalf of Weil. Both candidates discussed their final pushes to secure voter support.

“‘There is a lot of buyer’s remorse right now in this country,’ Martin said. ‘We’re seeing Republicans swing quite a bit our way. We’re seeing independent voters swing our way. We’re seeing Democrats energized, Republicans demoralized.’”

WFSU: DNC Chair Ken Martin says national Democrats will spend more money, time in Florida

[3/30/25]

Key Point: “‘There’s no such thing as a perpetual blue state or a perpetual red state,’ [Martin] said. ‘We have to make investments of time, energy and money there to start to reverse course, and part of that is again standing up year-round organizing, making sure that we’re registering voters and decreasing the partisan registration gap that the Republicans and advantage that they have here, and making sure that at the end of the day, we’re investing money here,’ he said.”

Politico: ‘This race is about Donald Trump and Elon Musk’: DNC chair visits Florida amid tight special election

[3/31/25]

Key Point: “The Republican nervousness around the special election in Florida’s deep-red Sixth Congressional District was enough to bring Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin to the area to canvass over the weekend.

“Buoyed by strong performances in recent special elections, including a narrow state Senate win in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the DNC is now turning its attention to the race between Republican state Sen. Randy Fine and progressive teacher Josh Weil.

“‘I wanted to come out to make sure that we help close strong in this election,’ Martin, a longtime Democratic tactician and Minnesota state party leader, told Florida Playbook.”

Florida Politics: Democratic leader descends on Florida in races for 2 members of Congress in Special Elections Tuesday

[3/30/25]

Key Point: “The race is considered so close Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin will help stump for Weil in St. Augustine Sunday. He’ll be accompanied by Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried in putting their efforts behind the campaign of Weil and another Congressional race in Florida.”

West Orlando News: DNC Chair Joins FDP Chair to Campaign in Florida ahead of Special Election

[3/29/25]

Key Point: “Chairs Martin and Fried are attending grassroots events as Florida Democrats get out the vote this weekend in this closely contested congressional race. Democrat Josh Weil is taking on Trump-endorsed Republican Randy Fine in the FL-6 race.”

WUSF: DNC Chair Ken Martin says national Democrats will spend more money and time in Florida

[3/30/25]

Key Point: “Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin was in Florida this weekend campaigning for his party’s candidates in the special elections on Tuesday. While campaigning, Martin said Democrats are committed to investing in Florida.”

The Bulwark: Doomsday for the Dems?

[3/30/25]

Key Point: “‘It’s not by accident that I’m here in Florida right now actually canvassing in the Florida 6 election, or that I’ve been in Houston and Georgia already,’ Martin said in an interview with The Bulwark before heading out to knock on doors. ‘There’s going to be a complete seismic shift as it relates to congressional power. . . . We cannot be caught flat-footed as a party. We have to be prepared to meet that moment.’”

USA Today: Florida special elections: Trump and GOP scramble to save two critical House vacancies

[3/31/25]

Key Point: “Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin told USA TODAY that the special elections are about ‘building long-term political power.’

“‘We can’t show up every four years and expect voters to hand us their votes,’ he said. ‘The DNC is making clear that there are no off years and we’re going to fight like hell for every vote everywhere.’”

The Hill: DNC chair will campaign in Florida district ahead of special election

[3/27/25]

Key Point: “Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin will campaign in Florida’s 6th Congressional District this weekend ahead of next week’s special House election. 

“Martin will hit the campaign trail with Democratic candidate Josh Weil in St. Augustine and Daytona Beach. Martin will also take part in a roundtable with Latino leaders in Orlando, which is located outside of the district and leans more Democratic.”

Florida Phoenix: DNC chair to campaign this weekend for Democrat Josh Weil in Florida’s CD-6

[3/27/25]

Key Point: “With some polls showing the special congressional election race in Florida’s 6th District next week is actually competitive, Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin announced Thursday that he will join Florida Democratic Party chair Nikki Fried this weekend for two get-out-the-vote events there.”

On Social Media:

Ken Martin on X: It’s all hands on deck for @JoshWeilFL6!

Florida Democrats on X: 📣 A message from the Chairs

Florida Dems Chair @NikkiFried and DNC Chair @kenmartin73 are on the ground in Deland, canvassing for the April 1st special elections.

They’re calling on all of us to step up and make a difference. Head to http://floridadems.org to get involved.

Ken Martin on X: I’m in Florida today with @NikkiFried knocking on doors for @JoshWeilFL6’s special election on Tuesday.

Every vote counts.

The Democrats on X: Spotted in FL-06: Chair @kenmartin73 kicks off a canvass for @JoshWeilFL6 ahead of Tuesday’s election with a shout-out to @MaloneForSenate, who won his race in an R+23 district.