‘Work has just begun,’ says Uribe after landslide victory in Colombia elections [View all]

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After securing over 2,000,000 votes in Colombia’s congressional election, former president Alvaro Uribe stressed the work for his newly found party is only beginning.
“Thank you to all Colombians who did their work today,” said the senator-elect at a press conference filled with reporters and his supporters.

Earlier Sunday evening, Uribe made history when he became the first senator to ever have formerly been president, no less with a political group that began gaining traction less than a year ago.


The CD, which ended the night securing 20 seats in the Senate with just under 15% of the vote, and 12 seats in the House with just under 10% of the vote, essentially ran all of its candidates on the name of Uribe, which ultimately proved successful.

Though President Juan Manuel Santos’ U Party (Partido de la U) still remains the majority political group in the Senate by one seat, the once incumbent-ally Uribe’s large win tonight demonstrates that he maintains massive support in Colombia.