Rod Silva

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Rod Silva
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Former candidate for
President of the United States
Party	Independent

Rod Silva was a 2016 independent candidate for president.^[1]

Elections

2016

Silva was a 2016 independent candidate for President of the United States.

Footnotes

↑ Federal Election Commission, "2016 Presidential Form 2 Filers," accessed November 8, 2015

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Debates	PBS, February 11, 2016 (Milwaukee) • PBS, February 4, 2016 (Durham, N.H.) • NBC News, January 17, 2016 (Charleston, S.C.) • ABC, December 19, 2015 (Manchester, N.H.) • CBS, November 14, 2015 (Des Moines) • CNN, October 13, 2015](Las Vegas) February 13, 2016 (Greenville, S.C.) • ABC, February 6, 2016 (Manchester, N.H.) • Fox News, January 28, 2016 (Des Moines) • Fox Business, January 14, 2016 (North Charleston, S.C.) • CNN, December 15, 2015 (Las Vegas) • Fox Business, November 10, 2015 (Milwaukee) • CNBC, October 28, 2015 (Boulder) • CNN, September 16, 2015 (Reagan Library) • Fox News, August 6, 2015 (Cleveland)

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