[6] An amateur musician, Bradford has been treasurer for the Messiah Choral Society and directed her church's English Handbell Choir.
[6] Bradford began considering a run for the house seat, meeting with Republican leaders, in 2007, as did former state senator Ron Teck.
[8] She had no opposition in the August 2008 Republican primary,[9] but faced incumbent Democratic Rep. Bernie Buescher in the November 2008 general election.
[11] Bradford ran a campaign focused on fiscal and economic issues,[12] particularly attempting to link Buescher with Gov.
[21] The first bill introduced by Bradford was a measure to update laws governing Colorado's statewide voter registration database into compliance with federal regulations.
[22] Bradford has announced her intention to support an expansion of the personal property tax exemption, a bill her opponent Buescher had promoted,[23] and has publicly supported efforts to pass a version of Jessica's Law in Colorado, mandating stricter sentencing for sex offenders,[24] and is expected to introduce a version of the legislation with Reps. Frank McNulty and Scott Tipton.
Denver Police later claimed that Bradford then invoked[26] Article V Section 16, of the Colorado Constitution, which provides for legislative immunity: The members of the general assembly shall, in all cases except treason or felony, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the sessions of their respective houses, or any committees thereof, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either house, or any committees thereof, they shall not be questioned in any other place.The representative, however, claims she never invoked legislative immunity; a claim which was substantiated by a House ethics committee.