Chuck Rocha

Chuck Rocha is an American political consultant,[1][2] Democratic Party strategist,[3] and president of Solidarity Strategies.[4][5] In April 2020, the former Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign advisor founded the partisan Super PAC Nuestro PAC to turn out Latinos in the 2020 General Election and co-founded the pro-Biden Super PAC "America's Promise."[6][7]

Chuck Rocha
Chuck Rocha headshot
Born
Tyler, TX
NationalityUnited States
Occupation
  • Political consultant
  • Democratic Party strategist
  • president of Solidarity Strategies

Chuck began his political career in the woods of East Texas at United Rubber workers Local 746. By 22, he had become the youngest officer of the 1,200 person local. At 29, he was hired to be the youngest, first person of color and last rank-and-file National Political director of the United Steelworkers of America. He is credited for building out one of the top national labor political departments in the country.

In 2010, Chuck left the USW to create Solidarity Strategies, a full-service nonprofit and political consulting firm. Solidarity was built on the idea of diversity, inclusion and mentorship opportunities for the next generation of minority professionals. In 10 years, Solidarity has employed over 60 young people of color and has become one of the most successful minority-owned political consulting firms in the nation.

Chuck has worked on several presidential, Congressional and gubernatorial races through the years, including both of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns. He is the first Latino to run a presidential campaign and has accomplished all of this despite never attending college, having a criminal record and being a single father at 20 years old.

Chuck often says his biggest accomplishments are his twin grandsons, Wyatt and Rowan.

Conviction for embezzling union funds

On July 30, 2013, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Charles E. Rocha, former Political Director for the Steelworkers International Union (located in Pittsburgh, Pa.), was sentenced to two years of probation and was ordered to pay a fine of $2,000.  Rocha had previously made restitution in the amount of $12,449.  On March 20, 2013, Rocha pled guilty to embezzling union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c).  The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Pittsburgh District Office. [8]

References
  1. McPhate, Mike (November 15, 2016). "California Today: Latino Power Rising" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. "Report: Democratic Consultant Spending Falls Short On Diversity". NBC News.
  3. Henney, Megan (November 21, 2019). "Democratic candidates tackle paid family leave during fifth debate". FOXBusiness.
  4. "A new group will push campaigns to hire more diverse political consultants". NBC News.
  5. "New National Association to Focus On Connecting Minority-Owned Firms". www.campaignsandelections.com.
  6. Solender, Andrew (2020-04-28). "Sanders Supporters Condemn Former Campaign Aides' New Super PAC Supporting Biden". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  7. Weissert, Will (2020-04-28). "Sanders advisers form super PAC to back Biden, push him left". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  8. "Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)". U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2020-07-20.


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