Career
He previously served from 1982 through 1990. Bedford received his education at the University of Alabama, and his law degree from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University. In 1996 Bedford was the Democratic nominee for United States. Senate, but was defeated by Republican Jeff Sessions.
On April 2, 2009, multiple sources reported Senator Bedford had received encouragement to run for the Democratic nomination for Alabama governor in 2010.
He did not enter the race. Later that month, on April 30, 2009, Bedford inserted a "poison pill" into a Senate bill that would have made it easier for United States. soldiers serving overseas to vote, thereby causing it to fail.
The poison pill "would prohibit a federal candidate or officeholder from transferring funds to a state campaign for office" and was widely seen as an attempt at preventing Artur Davis from transferring funds from his Congressional campaign to his state race for governor.
