Chuck Rocha

Chuck Rocha is the president of Solidarity Strategies and a TV contributor at CBS News. He also makes regular appearances on major cable news programs, including CNN and MSNBC, where he shares political analysis rooted in decades of campaign and advocacy experience.

In 2010, Rocha founded Solidarity Strategies, a full-service nonprofit and political consulting firm built on principles of diversity, inclusion, and mentorship. Over the past decade, the firm has employed more than 130 young people of color and is now one of the most successful minority-owned political consulting firms in the U.S.

Rocha has played pivotal roles in numerous presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial campaigns, including both of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns. He is one of only a few people of color to help lead a presidential campaign — a remarkable achievement given that he never attended college, having a criminal record, and became a single father at 20. He played an instrumental role in Ruben Gallego’s successful 2024 campaign for the U.S. Senate, helping to craft a winning strategy that outperformed the top of the ticket more than any other campaign in the country. Rocha also help flip four congressional races from Republican to Democrat in the last election.