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Chuck Rocha
Diversity and Inclusion
Politics
Business Strategy
Chuck Rocha helps organizations build winning coalitions and advance diversity and inclusion strategies. A political consulting speaker and coalition-building expert, Chuck advises campaigns and advocacy leaders, delivering proven results backed by presidential campaign experience and national media authority.
Political Analyst
Business Consulting
Mentor
Public Relations
Human Rights
Thought Leader
Professional Development
Philanthropy
Inclusion
Chuck Rocha turned a union card, a criminal record, and single parenthood at 20 into one of the most effective careers in American political consulting. No college degree required.
As president of Solidarity Strategies, Chuck has advised presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial campaigns across the country, including both of Senator Bernie Sanders' presidential runs. He is a regular political analyst on CBS News, CNN, and MSNBC, and previously served as the youngest National Political Director in United Steelworkers history.
His firm has employed more than 130 young people of color over the past decade, and his campaign work consistently delivers results that go beyond the expected. In the 2024 cycle, he helped Ruben Gallego win a U.S. Senate seat with a strategy that outperformed the top of the ticket, and contributed to flipping four congressional seats from Republican to Democrat.
Audiences leave Chuck's sessions with a clearer understanding of how to build winning coalitions in diverse and contested communities, how to develop political and advocacy strategies that actually move voters, and how unconventional backgrounds can become strategic assets rather than liabilities. His approach is grounded in real campaign data and hard-won field experience.
Few people in American politics can speak with this level of credibility about winning from the outside in. Book Chuck Rocha to bring that perspective to your audience.
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Chuck Rocha's journey from factory worker to national political strategist is a story unlike any other in American public life. Raised in a working-class community in East Texas, Chuck never attended college, overcame a criminal record, and became a single father at 20. In this candid keynote, he recounts how grit and determination shaped a career that took him from union halls to presidential campaigns. Audiences leave with a clear framework for turning personal adversity into durable leadership strength.
Chuck Rocha's track record of flipping four congressional seats and delivering a Senate win that outperformed the top of the ticket in 2024 speaks directly to any organization navigating contested political or advocacy terrain. His United Steelworkers background combined with Solidarity Strategies' coalition-building work gives him rare credibility across labor, Latino, and progressive audiences. If your team needs someone who can translate real campaign data into actionable strategy, Rocha is the sharpest voice in that space right now.
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Chuck Rocha structures his keynote around a first-person narrative arc — from factory worker and single father to national political strategist — using milestones from his own career as the scaffolding for a framework on converting personal adversity into leadership capability.
Chuck Rocha speaks on personal adversity as a leadership asset, coalition-building in diverse and contested communities, and political and advocacy strategy. He served as adviser on both of Senator Bernie Sanders' presidential campaigns and, in the 2024 cycle, helped Ruben Gallego win a U.S. Senate seat with a strategy that outperformed the top of the ticket while contributing to flipping four congressional seats from Republican to Democrat.
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