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Rocky 2016 LLC
CampaignUnited States presidential election, 2016
CandidateRocky De La Fuente
AffiliationDemocratic Party
American Delta Party
Reform Party
StatusActive
HeadquartersSan Diego, California[1]
Key peopleSeven Wendroff (campaign treasurer)[1]
ReceiptsUS$7,351,270 (9/30/2016[1])
SloganWe The People
Website
Official website
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Rocky De La Fuente ran a third-party campaign for the presidency of the United States in the 2016 election. De La Fuente had sought the Democratic Party's nomination during their presidential primaries. De La Fuente's campaign did not win a single delegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention, but he came in fourth by total votes received. De La Fuente founded the American Delta Party, and ran as its presidential nominee with running mate Michael Steinberg. He was also nominated as the presidential nominee of the Reform Party which has ballot access in Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.[2]

Democratic primary campaign

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De La Fuente filed his candidacy for President of the United States with the Federal Election Commission, filing as a Democrat. He identifies as a progressive Democrat. He says he was inspired to run after becoming dissatisfied with the slate of candidates, especially Donald Trump, whom he accuses of alienating large segments of the population.[1][11][12][13]

On immigration, De La Fuente supports a path to citizenship and is against the wall proposed by Donald Trump.[14]

Below is a table of the results of primaries in which De La Fuente competed during the Democratic primaries. The total number of votes De La Fuente received can be found in the Votes column. The rank in which De La Fuente came among candidates/ballot options can be found in the Place column.

De La Fuente at the Lesser-Known Candidates Presidential Forum
Map representing the ballot access of De La Fuente's Democratic Primary campaign
  On primary ballot
  On caucus ballot
  Write-in
  Not on ballot
De La Fuente seen talking to Jorge Ramos at the venue of the Iowa Brown and Black Forum
Primaries and Caucus Results
Date Contest Votes Percent Place Sources
Feb 9 New Hampshire primary 96 0.04% 8th of 28 [3][4]
March 1 Alabama primary 818 0.20% 4th [5][6]
American Samoan caucus 14 5.91% 3rd [7]
Arkansas primary 1,684 0.76% 6th [8][9]
Massachusetts primary 1,545 0.13% 4th [10][11]
Minnesota caucus 53 0.03% 4th [12]
Oklahoma primary 2,485 0.74% 7th [13][14]
Texas primary 8,429 0.59% 3rd of 8 [15][16]
March 1–8 Democrats Abroad primary 6 0.02% 4th [17]
March 2 Vermont primary 94 0.06% 4th [18][19]
March 5 Louisiana primary 1,341 0.43% 8th of 10 [20][21]
March 8 Michigan primary 870 0.07% 4th [22][23]
Mississippi primary 481 0.21% 5th [24][25]
March 15 Illinois primary 1,802 0.09% 6th [26][27]
Missouri primary 345 0.05% 6th of 9 [28][29]
North Carolina primary 3,376 0.30% 4th [30][31]
Ohio primary 9,402 0.76% 3rd [32][33]
March 22 Arizona primary 2,797 0.60% 4th of 6 [34][35]
Idaho caucus 4 0.02% 3rd [36][37]
Utah caucus 22 0.03% 3rd [38][39]
March 26 Alaskan caucus 1 0.01% 3rd [40][41]
Hawaiian caucus 12 0.04% 3rd [42][43]
April 5 Wisconsin primaryA 18 0.00% 4th [44]
April 26 Connecticut primary 960 0.29% 3rd [45][46]
Delaware primary 1,024 1.09% 3rd [47][48]
Maryland primary 3,582 0.39% 3rd [49][50]
Pennsylvania primary 14,439 0.86% 3rd [51][52]
Rhode Island primary 145 0.12% 4th [53][54]
May 10 West Virginia primary 1010 0.40% 6th [55][56]
May 17 Kentucky primary 1,594 0.35% 4th [57][58]
June 5 Puerto Rico caucus 391 0.44% 3rd [59]
June 7 California primary 8,453 0.16% 5th of 7 [60][61]
June 14 D.C. primary 213 0.22% 3rd [62][63]
Total 67,457 0.22% 4th of 33 [64]
A.^ As a write-in.

Third-party general election campaign

Ballot access for the American Delta and Reform Party
  On ballot
  Lawsuit pending
  Write-in
  Not on ballot

De La Fuente founded the American Delta Party as a vehicle to continue his campaign into the general election as a third-party candidate.[65][66][67] His running mate was Michael Steinberg of Florida.[68] On August 8, 2016, De La Fuente was named as the presidential nominee of the Reform Party.[69]

De La Fuente gained ballot access to 147 electoral votes in 20 states (Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming).[70] He qualified as a write-in candidate in Arizona, California, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, Washington, and West Virginia.[71][72][73][74]

Campaign finances

Detailed below are the Federal Elections Commission-filed finances of Rocky 2016 LLC as of August 31, 2016.[75]

Receipts
Financial Source Amount (USD)
Federal Funds $0
Itemized Individual Contributions $13,156
Unitemized Individual Contributions $3,843
Total Individual Contributions $16,999
Party Committees Contributions $0
Other Committees Contributions $0
Candidate Contributions $0
Total Contributions $16,989
Transfers from Authorized Committees $0
Candidate Loans $6,924,793
Other Loans $0
Total Loans $6,924,793
Offsets to Operating Expenditures $0
Fundraising Offsets $0
Legal and Accounting Offsets $0
Total Offsets $0
Other Receipts $0
Total Receipts $6,941,792
Disbursements
Disbursements Amount (USD)
Operating Expenditures $4,034,112
Transfers To Authorized Committees $0
Fundraising $2,635,140
Exempt Legal and Accounting $253,356
Candidate Loan Repayments $0
Other Loan Repayments $0
Individual Contribution Refunds $0
Political Party Contribution Refunds $0
Other Committee Contribution Refunds $0
Other Disbursements $0
Total Disbursements $6,922,609
Cash Summary
Category Amount (USD)
Beginning Cash On Hand $0
Current Cash On Hand $19,183
Net Contributions $16,999
Net Operating Expenditures $4,034,112
Debts/Loans Owed By Campaign $6,924,793
Debts/Loans Owed To Campaign $0

Polls

Main article: Statewide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2016

De La Fuente's general election campaign has seen limited inclusion in polls.

Nevada - Five-way race
Poll source Date administered American Delta % Democrat % Republican % Libertarian % IAPN (Constitution) % Lead margin Sample size Margin of error
Suffolk [76][77][78] August 15–17, 2016 Rocky De La Fuente 1% Hillary Clinton 43.8% Donald Trump 41.6% Gary Johnson 4.8% Darrell Castle 1% 2.2 500 ± 4.4%

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