Got a gremlin and need some help

My solenoid on my 06 stopped working or I thought it did so I replaced it with a new one. Well guess what? This one will not engage either for some reason. My battery is charged because I can bypass the solenoid and it starts right up. With the solenoid hooked up I am getting power everywhere except for the starter. The turf mode solenoid engages, fuel pump cycles, lights all come on and so on. I just cannot figure out why both solenoids will not work for some reason. Anybody got any ideas of what it could be. I just wonder what the chances of having 2 bad solenoids are. I called and talked to the people where I got it from and he suggested checking the key switch because it is suppose to send a small charge to the solenoid to engage it when the key is turned on.

Ronnie