Glass House: California Legislator Tracker

Steven Bradford
Senate Democrat
District 35, San Pedro
Time in office
Assembly: 2009-2014
Senate: 2016—Present
Background
Small Business Owner
Campaign contributions
Senator Steven Bradford has taken at least $1.1 million from the Labor sector since he was elected to the legislature. That represents 21% of his total campaign contributions.
Contact or follow this legislator
Capitol office
1021 O Street, Suite 7210, Sacramento, CA 95814-4900; (916) 651-4035
District office(s)
One Manchester Blvd., Suite 600, Inglewood, CA 90301; (310) 412-6120
302 W. 5th Street, Suite 203, San Pedro, CA 90731; (310) 514-8573
Biographical information
Birth Place
San Antonio, TX
Race/Ethnicity
African-American
Residence
Gardena, CA
Gender
Male
Born
January 12, 1960
Identifies as
Straight
How this legislator voted in 2021-2022
Campaign contributions received by sector
OpenSecrets and CalMatters have categorized campaign contributions to legislators based on the economic sector that the donor represents. Methodology →
This is how much money Steven Bradford has taken from the various sectors since he was elected to the legislature.
Broad sector | Amount | Percent |
---|---|---|
$1,072,129 $1.1 M | 21% | |
$548,897 $548k | 11% | |
$516,854 $516k | 10% | |
$434,800 $434k | 9% | |
$415,432 $415k | 8% | |
$282,219 $282k | 6% | |
$190,984 $190k | 4% | |
$178,649 $178k | 4% | |
$155,125 $155k | 3% | |
$112,592 $112k | 2% | |
$100,350 $100k | 2% | |
$86,838 $86k | 2% | |
$52,600 $52k | 1% | |
$14,231 $14k | <1% | |
$8,769 $8k | <1% | |
$5,500 $5k | <1% | |
$850 $850 | <1% | |
Note: The above percentages might not add up to exactly 100% because we are not displaying any contributions that have not yet been classified. |
Committees this legislator serves on
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How special interest groups rate this legislator
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Senate District 35 demographics

Safe Democratic district
Next election: 2024
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Voter registration
Census data on race/ethnicity, household income, age, poverty rate, and education level will be provided when available.
Most recent election
2020 General
D
|
Steven Bradford (Incumbent)
Democratic
|
72.5% | |
A
|
Anthony Perry
American Independent
|
27.5% |
CalMatters coverage about this legislator
California reparations task force aims at more than dollars, seeks policies to prevent harm
By Wendy Fry, January 26, 2023
'When they took the foundation, everything started crumbling': California group fights eminent domain, racism
By Lil Kalish, December 5, 2022
Reparations task force: State could owe Black Californians hundreds of thousands of dollars
By Lil Kalish, September 26, 2022