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Del Marsh and AEA

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Alabama District 12 State Senator Del Marsh’s primary election victory over Steven Guede has several implications. Marsh, a highly respected legislature leader was challenged by an untested political newcomer, who had limited credentials as a leader of the local Tea Party group. At best Guede was a passionate and sincere competitor, who was a one-issue candidate. Frankly, we pointed out previously, he was a fringe candidate that had little hope of besting a competent and proven state senator. That is, until he – and a few other political wannabees – received the backing of the Alabama Education Association. AEA helped Guede clean up his campaign and gave him the aura of respectability by infusing his efforts with well over $100,000.

In 2010, Senator Marsh and a handful of other Alabama legislators dared to stand up to AEA, which many people considered way too powerful when it came to dictating state policy. One knowledgeable person in Montgomery said that she witnessed on more than one occasion legislators looking for visible signals from an AEA lobbyist just prior to making a vote. Through the use of political contributions and more specifically what is called “in-kind” contributions, AEA has too often managed to manipulate the political system so that less than fully qualified politicians are put into office with the implicit understanding that their political career is conditional to satisfying AEA’s whims. This is a direct conflict of the concept of democracy. Although Political Action Committees and lobbyists are and will continue to be a factor in American politics, they remain a threat the concept of popular representation. Unfortunately, it is widely believed that those legislatures who receive their endorsement and contributions are more faithful to them than to the wishes of their constituents.

Yesterdays primary, which indicated that AEA’s power is not unlimited, hopefully means that at least for a little while longer, those politicians who represent the will of the voters will triumph over this powerful union, which we feel focuses primarily on self-serving rather than the good of all Alabamians. However, as their support for Guede was more about ire regarding Marsh being involved in clipping their wings, it will be interesting to see if they shift their direct and in-kind contributions to support the incumbent’s Democratic foe in the Fall.

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Keywords: Del Marsh, Steven Guede, AEA, Alabama, District 12

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