Jeb Bradley
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| Majority Leader of the New Hampshire Senate | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Maggie Hassan |
| Member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 3rd district |
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Assumed office April 21, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Denley |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | John Sununu |
| Succeeded by | Carol Shea-Porter |
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Wolfeboro |
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In office December 1990 – December 2000 |
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October 20, 1952 Rumford, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Bradley |
| Alma mater | Tufts University |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Joseph E. "Jeb" Bradley (born October 20, 1952) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who currently serves as the Majority Leader of the New Hampshire Senate. He represents his hometown of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire and 16 other towns in east-central New Hampshire. He was formerly a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and served as the U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2007.
Bradley was born in Rumford, Maine to Helen Jockers Bradley and Joseph Edmund Bradley, Jr. After graduating from Governor Dummer Academy, he attended Tufts University, graduating in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in sociology. He once 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. He and his wife sold the natural foods store in 1997. He also ran a painting business, and managed real estate.
Bradley was elected to the Wolfeboro Planning Board in 1986; three years later, he was named to the Budget Committee. He was a registered Democrat until 1989, when he switched to the Republican party.
Bradley won a seat in the New Hampshire House in November 1990 and was re-elected five times. In the legislature, he sponsored the Clean Power Act, which set limits on power plant emissions. He was chairman of the Science, Technology and Energy Committee, as well as the Joint Committee on Ethics.
Bradley was first elected to Congress in 2002, winning the Republican nomination in a field of eight candidates, for the seat left vacant when Republican incumbent John E. Sununu ran for the Senate. He defeated Democrat Martha Fuller Clark in the general election, winning with 58 percent of the vote.
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