Cordobese Union


Cordobese Union was a localist political party in Córdoba created by Rafael Gómez Sánchez ahead of the 2011 local elections.

History

Rafael Gómez first made public his intention to create a political party for the municipal elections of 2011 in December 2010. Cordobese Union won 24,805 votes and became the second political force in the city, gaining 5 seats in the City Council.
In the local elections of 2015 UCOR lost around 15,000 votes and 4 seats. Rafael Gómez resigned from the City Council. He was replaced by Rafael Carlos Serrano Haro, his nephew. Rafael Gómez currently faces a trial for 11 crimes against the Public Treasury for which the Prosecutor's Office asks for 44 years in prison. In February 2017 he was sentenced to 5 years in prison for one of those crimes.