Republican Candidate for Senate Welcomes Support from AEA.

And by support, he means money.
Senate District 25 Republican candidate Will Barfoot is ruffling GOP feathers by unapologetically looking for support among prominent Democrats such as the AEA.
AEA union boss Paul Hubbert has tried basically to buy the State House and run the Democratic agenda," said Alabama Republican Party Chair Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh. "We frown upon anybody taking that money." The AL GOP has a resolution banning candidates from accepting money from the AEA.
Barfoot's opponents in the primary, Suzelle Josey and incumbent Larry Dixon, bashed the Montgomery attorney for not being Republican enough. There comes a point when partisan politics gets in the way of being effective," Barfoot said. "What I want to try to do is work with whoever's in there."
Barfoot, a Montgomery attorney and first-time political candidate, has never voted in a Democratic primary and resents his opponent's "backhanded" comments about his party loyalty.