[4] Her parents organized a "concerned citizen committee" regarding the site because residents believed it was causing local health problems.

[5] Bradshaw was influenced by her uncle John DeBerry, who was for many years a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.

[8] According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, "She has worked with community advocacy groups, environmental organizations and unions, including the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, the AFL–CIO, the Sierra Club and Tennesseans for Fair Taxation.

[11] She also supports universal background checks for gun purchases, keeping the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in force, and overturning Citizens United v.

[17] Bradshaw's decisive primary win was unexpected; the Associated Press called it "an astonishing upset victory over the Democratic establishment's choice"[18] that "has drawn national attention.

[25][26] (Kentucky Democrat Amy McGrath, with $90M funding as opposed to Bradshaw's $1.5M, lost to her opponent Mitch McConnell by a similar margin).

[29][1] In August 2021, a coalition of 466 environmentalist groups petitioned President Biden to replace Trump-appointed Neil Chatterjee as a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), naming Bradshaw as one of the three environmental justice activists they recommended.

[30][31] According to the petition, "We need a new FERC commissioner who will center science, justice, and equity, and end the era of dirty gas and other fossil fuels.