31 Facts About Jeb Bradley

Joseph Edmund "Jeb" Bradley III was born on October 20,1952 and is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served in New Hampshire's State Senate from 2009 to 2024.

Jeb Bradley was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1990 to 2000, and then served as the US representative for from 2003 to 2007.

Jeb Bradley was Majority Leader of the New Hampshire Senate from 2010 to 2018 and again from 2020 to 2022.

Jeb Bradley lived in Switzerland and worked as a street magician, returning in 1981 to New Hampshire, where he later opened an organic grocery called Evergrain Natural Foods.

Jeb Bradley ran a painting business, and managed real estate.

Jeb Bradley was elected to the Wolfeboro Planning Board in 1986; three years later, he was named to the Budget Committee.

Jeb Bradley was a registered Democrat until 1989, when he switched to the Republican party.

Jeb Bradley won a seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives in November 1990 and was re-elected five times.

Jeb Bradley was chairman of the Science, Technology and Energy Committee, as well as the Joint Committee on Ethics.

Jeb Bradley defeated Democrat Martha Fuller Clark in the general election, winning with 58 percent of the vote.

Jeb Bradley faced Democrat Carol Shea-Porter and Libertarian party candidate Dan Belforti in the November 2006 general election.

In what was considered an upset, Jeb Bradley lost his bid for re-election to Shea-Porter.

In January 2007, Jeb Bradley announced his intention to reclaim his former seat.

Jeb Bradley said he'd made up his mind a few days after his loss.

Jeb Bradley sided with his party by supporting the war in Iraq, the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act, the prohibition of federal funding of overseas abortion, the $5 billion subsidy for the Chinese nuclear program.

Jeb Bradley has cosponsored bills to loosen regulations on embryonic stem cell research.

Jeb Bradley served on the Armed Services, Budget, Veterans' Affairs and Small Business committees.

Jeb Bradley opposed an increase in the national minimum wage during his time in Congress.

Jeb Bradley, who has visited Iraq three times, has been a supporter of the Iraq War.

Jeb Bradley lost his seat in 2006 to an outspokenly antiwar candidate, Carol Shea-Porter.

Jeb Bradley won a special election over Willard "Bud" Martin, who had lost to Denley in 2008.

Jeb Bradley successfully ran for re-election as a State Senator during the 2010 election cycle.

Jeb Bradley did not endorse his former aide in the primary.

In mid-August 2010, a month before the primary, Jeb Bradley stated that Guinta should consider dropping out of the race if he was unable to explain some possible irregularities in his campaign finance reports.

Jeb Bradley has been categorized as anti-choice by NH Choice Tracker, which notes that he "voted to pass a bill that repeals the right of reproductive centers to create protest-free 'buffer zones' outside their clinics," a bill which would greatly impede the ability of members of the public to access reproductive care.

Jeb Bradley supported the controversial Education Freedom Account program, which since 2021 has funneled nearly $45 million of public funds toward private schools with no oversight.

In 2024 Jeb Bradley fought to radically amend the Senate's version of HB1163, which would have legalized cannabis and regulated it similarly to alcohol, though he later voted against it anyway.

An avid hiker, Jeb Bradley has ascended all of New Hampshire's 48 4,000-foot peaks and is a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club's Four Thousand Footer Club.

Jeb Bradley has completed the GRID which is when every 4,000-foot peak in New Hampshire is ascended in every month of the year.

Jeb Bradley completed the GRID on Mount Madison on January 14,2015.

Jeb Bradley has a portfolio of stocks and bonds worth over $5 million.