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Joseph Rocha
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Last election

March 5, 2024

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Marine Corps

Contact

Joseph Rocha (Democratic Party) ran for election to theCalifornia State Assembly to representDistrict 76. He lost in the primary onMarch 5, 2024.

Biography

Joseph Rocha has experience serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for California State Assembly District 76

Darshana Patel defeatedKristie Bruce-Lane in the general election for California State Assembly District 76 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Darshana Patel
Darshana Patel (D) Candidate Connection
 
54.0
 
113,242
Image of Kristie Bruce-Lane
Kristie Bruce-Lane (R)
 
46.0
 
96,358

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Total votes: 209,600
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Assembly District 76

Kristie Bruce-Lane andDarshana Patel defeatedJoseph Rocha in the primary for California State Assembly District 76 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kristie Bruce-Lane
Kristie Bruce-Lane (R)
 
49.5
 
49,316
✔
Image of Darshana Patel
Darshana Patel (D) Candidate Connection
 
34.2
 
34,066
Image of Joseph Rocha
Joseph Rocha (D)
 
16.4
 
16,312

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Total votes: 99,694
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

State Senate

See also: California State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for California State Senate District 40

IncumbentBrian Jones defeatedJoseph Rocha in the general election for California State Senate District 40 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brian Jones
Brian Jones (R)
 
53.1
 
170,109
Image of Joseph Rocha
Joseph Rocha (D) Candidate Connection
 
46.9
 
149,948

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Total votes: 320,057
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 40

IncumbentBrian Jones andJoseph Rocha advanced from the primary for California State Senate District 40 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brian Jones
Brian Jones (R)
 
54.4
 
113,400
✔
Image of Joseph Rocha
Joseph Rocha (D) Candidate Connection
 
45.6
 
94,960

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Total votes: 208,360
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Congress

See also: California's 50th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 50

IncumbentScott Peters defeatedCorey Gustafson in the general election for U.S. House California District 50 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Scott Peters (D)
 
62.8
 
168,816
Image of Corey Gustafson
Corey Gustafson (R) Candidate Connection
 
37.2
 
99,819

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Total votes: 268,635
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 50

IncumbentScott Peters andCorey Gustafson defeatedKylie Taitano,David Chiddick, andAdam Schindler in the primary for U.S. House California District 50 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Scott Peters
Scott Peters (D)
 
52.3
 
89,894
✔
Image of Corey Gustafson
Corey Gustafson (R) Candidate Connection
 
29.9
 
51,312
Image of Kylie Taitano
Kylie Taitano (D) Candidate Connection
 
9.4
 
16,065
Image of David Chiddick
David Chiddick (R)
 
5.4
 
9,333
Image of Adam Schindler
Adam Schindler (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
3.0
 
5,168

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Total votes: 171,772
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Joseph Rocha did not completeBallotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Candidate Connection

Joseph Rocha completedBallotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rocha's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Joseph’s grandparents immigrated to California from Mexico to labor in tomato fields and canneries in the 1960s. Through hard work and determination, they climbed into the middle class to build opportunities for their family. Joseph’s mother struggled with addiction, so he spent most of his childhood living with his father, who raised a family of five in Riverside on a truck driver’s salary. But when Joseph came out as gay at 17, he had to move out. Though his early years were marked by hardship, trauma, and housing insecurity, Joseph excelled in school, participated in the Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Conference, and worked part-time as a dishwasher.

Joseph joined the Navy on his eighteenth birthday, quickly advancing to become a bomb dog handler, tracking down explosives in the Persian Gulf. After he was discharged under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, he became an advocate for repeal, swearing he would re-enlist and keep fighting to protect his country, as soon as it would let him.

While he fought for repeal, Joseph graduated from San Diego City College, and then the University of San Diego, and the University of San Francisco School of Law. Following the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Joseph kept his word, rising to the rank of a Marine Corps Captain and prosecutor, continuing to fight for justice.

Now, Joseph is running for State Senate out of the same sense of duty and service that has guided him his entire life.
Helping Families Get Ahead. In the State Senate, I will focus on delivering on basic needs that help to lift people into the middle class such as increasing access to affordable, quality childcare and expanding paid sick leave.

Creating American Jobs. I will focus on creating jobs that lift families into the middle class, and ensuring that everyone working full time can support themselves and their family. I'll work to bring home the resources needed to improve our community's families' economic well-being.

Housing. Families are stretching their budgets to continue living in the community they love. We need commonsense solutions to ensure every family can make their rent and mortgage payments. I will focus on resources that help families remain in their homes, ending discrimination in the housing process, expanding access to first-time homebuyer loans, and investing in smarter community development.

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Campaign finance summary

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Joseph Rocha campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024*California State Assembly District 76Lost primary$386,706 $395,624
2022California State Senate District 40Lost general$1,572,966 $345,232
2022U.S. House California District 50Withdrew primary$467,856 $467,856
Grand total$2,427,527 $1,208,711
Sources:OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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    1. ↑Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 16, 2022


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