Monthly Archives: September 2016

On September 14, U.S. District Court John Jones issued a ruling in De La Fuente v Cortes, m.d., 1:16cv-1696. The issue is whether Rocky De La Fuente can be on the Pennsylvania ballot as an independent candidate for President. The order says the issue belongs in state court. So, on September 16, De La Fuente […]

A Georgia state court will hear De La Fuente v Kemp, Fulton County Superior Court 2016-cv-279793, on Monday, September 26. The issue is the validity of De La Fuente’s independent presidential petition. He submitted 14,500 signatures, and 7,500 were needed. The state said only 2,964 of his signatures are valid. De La Fuente says that […]

By Frank Vernuccio Originally posted in the New York Analysis of Policy & Government newsletter The first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will take place on Monday, September 26, at Hofstra University in the suburban community of Hempstead, New York. Two third party candidates, including Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party and Jill […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WTOK) - The State Board of Election Commissioners Thursday certified seven candidates for the Nov. 8 ballot in Mississippi. Statutory members of the State Board include Gov. Phil Bryant, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, and Attorney General Jim Hood. Certified U.S. presidential candidates include: • Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party; • Donald J. Trump, […]

Three of the candidates for President or Vice President of the United States who qualified to be on the ballot in Mississippi are from Mississippi. All told, eight parties qualified: Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine for Democrats; Donald Trump and Mike Pence for Republicans; Gary Johnson and Bill Weld for Libertarians; Jill Stein and Ajamu […]

Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente began his successful business career in California’s automobile industry and has branched out into the national markets of banking and real estate. In 1982, at the age of 28, he was elected Chairman of the National (automotive) Dealer Council. His involvement in politics includes being elected by the California Democratic […]

A federal judge Wednesday refused to address a failed Democratic candidate’s plea to be placed on Pennsylvania’s ballot as an independent candidate for U.S. president. His court has no legal grounds to jump into Roque “Rocky” de la Fuente’s dispute with Pennsylvania’s Department of State, U.S. Middle District Judge John E. Jones III concluded. Jones […]

The Union County Circuit Clerk’s office saw some last-minute activity Friday as the 5 p.m. deadline approached for county and city school board candidates to qualify to run. Of the three who had already qualified, one will be elected unopposed, one picked up an opponent and one decided to withdraw from the race. In the […]

On September 12, independent presidential candidate Rocky De La Fuente sued the Alabama Secretary of State, who had initially put him on the ballot, and who had then removed him after noticing that he had run in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary in Alabama. De La Fuente v Merrill, m.d., 16-cv-755. The case is assigned […]

For if they believe they are the best, they would have no need to fear such debate. The CPD is actually a private corporation that refuses to disclose its current funders or sponsors. “As far as the states included in this initial TV buy, the targeting is based on a number of factors, from propensities […]