Gino Bucchino

In the 2006 general election, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the L'Unione ticket in the Overseas – North and Central America constituency and joined the Democratic Party (Italy) caucus.

Alle elezioni politiche del 2008 è stato rieletto alla Camera dei Deputati con il Democratic Party (Italy) nella circoscrizione Estero – Nord e Centro America.

In February 2011, he publicly denounced an alleged attempt at bribery, claiming that a young member of the Socialist Refoundation Party had promised him 150,000 euros and re-election—with Denis Verdini guarantee—if he joined the centre-right parliamentary majority and supported Silvio Berlusconi.^{[3] [4]}