Richard T. Bradley is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1997 to 2009.
Richard Mell and sister-in-law of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, announced that she was running for the 40th District seat.
Bradley subsequently decided to run for the Illinois Senate against state Sen. Iris Martinez rather than face Mell.
[2] Blagojevich told reporters: "They fear their leader, Mr. Madigan, and if Mike Madigan tells them to vote a certain way, they will tell you privately, and I've had these discussions with a couple of state reps, one of whom said, 'I'm afraid if I vote for the jobs bill I'll be fired from my job at Streets and Sanitations [sic].
[2] Bradley said that he opposed Blagojevich's 2008 capital bill because the House Latino Caucus disagreed with its provisions as written.