Paul R. Hubbert (December 25, 1935 – October 14, 2014) was an American politician and Democratic gubernatorial candidate from the U.S. state of Alabama.
The organization serves many of the functions of a trade union, and is often referred to as such by news media and political opponents.
[1][2][3] State law prohibits public employees from being represented by a union per se, hence the designation.
In 1990, he ran as the Democratic nominee in the Alabama gubernatorial election, and lost to Republican incumbent H. Guy Hunt.
He resigned that role in 2011, after Republicans took control of both chambers of the Alabama Legislature, which greatly diminished the influence of the AEA.