[1][3] He also founded a weekly newspaper, the Ault Progress, which ran for two years,[1] after which Bradfield moved to Greeley, Colorado.
[1] Bradfield was the Republican nominee for Colorado's 2nd congressional district each time, losing to Democrat Fred N. Cummings in each effort.
[3][4][5] Bradfield sought re-election in 1956, but was eliminated from contention for the party nomination in a four-way primary contest.
[6] On November 15, 1904, Bradfield married Meddie Edmonson in Kansas City, Missouri, with whom he had a son and two daughters.
[1] He died at Weld County General Hospital after being struck by a car while walking in Greeley, Colorado, at the age of 80.