Education
Bradley graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in telecommunications in 1992, and again with a Juris Doctor in 1996.
politician member of the Florida State Senate
Bradley graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in telecommunications in 1992, and again with a Juris Doctor in 1996.
Upon graduating from law school, he worked as an assistant state attorney in the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida until 1998, and then worked as a special magistrate for Green Cove Springs. In 2007, Bradley was appointed to the Clay County Commission by then-Governor Charlie Crist following the resignation of previous County Commissioner John East. Thrasher. He was re-elected in 2008 against write-in opposition, winning 96% of the vote.
Advancing to the general election, he was opposed by William Mazzota, the Democratic nominee and a University of Florida student who had his filing fee paid for by the Florida Democratic Party.
Though the race was built up as a "Clay-versus-Alachua County race," Bradley ended up defeating Mazzotta with ease, winning 58% of the vote to Mazzotta"s 42%. In hindsight, Mazzotta noted, "I think I put as much effort into it as I could have as a student and I"m proud of what I did," and Bradley pledged to focus on creating jobs and improving education in the legislature.
During the 2014 legislative session, Bradley was one of the three main Senate sponsors of legislation that allowed "severely epileptic children to seek relief legally by ingesting nonsmokable, low-THC medical marijuana." He noted that although he was opposed to legalizing marijuana, he was fully committed to helping "the desperate parents" of the children who have tried everything else.