The department, which is Uribe???s home turf (he was governor of Antioquia before becoming President), is the stronghold of the CD ??? uribismo and anti-santismo are very strong in the department, the CD???s senatorial bench is large here (6 senators, led by ??lvaro Uribe himself), uribismo is supported by the networks of former governor Luis Alfredo Ramos (now in jail, his son is a CD senator) an