Christopher Bradley

This page was current at the end of the individual's last campaign covered by Ballotpedia. Please contact us with any updates.

Christopher Bradley

No Party Affiliation

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2003

Graduate

American Public University System, 2020

Personal

Birthplace

Warrensburg, Mo.

Religion

Southern Baptist

Contact

Campaign website

Campaign Facebook

Campaign Twitter

Campaign Instagram

Personal YouTube

Personal LinkedIn

Christopher Bradley (No Party Affiliation) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 14th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Christopher Bradley was born in Warrensburg, Missouri. Bradley earned a bachelor's degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 2003, a graduate degree from the American Military University System in 2011, and a graduate degree from the American Public University System in 2020.

Elections

2024

See also: Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2024

Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)

Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 14

Incumbent Kathy Castor defeated Robert Rochford, Christopher Bradley, and Nathaniel Snyder in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 14 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Castor (D)	56.9	199,423
		Robert Rochford (R)	41.6	145,643
		Christopher Bradley (No Party Affiliation)	0.7	2,595
		Nathaniel Snyder (L)	0.7	2,524

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 350,185
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kathy Castor advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 14.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14

Robert Rochford defeated John Peters, Ehsan Joarder, and Neelam Perry in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14 on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Rochford	54.1	15,575
		John Peters	27.0	7,771
		Ehsan Joarder	13.3	3,837
		Neelam Perry	5.5	1,594

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,777
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Renee Marsella (R)

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Nathaniel Snyder advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Florida District 14.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bradley in this election.

2022

See also: Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 14

Incumbent Kathy Castor defeated James Judge in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 14 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Castor (D)	56.9	149,737
		James Judge (R)	43.1	113,427

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 263,164
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 14

Incumbent Kathy Castor defeated Christopher Bradley in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 14 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Castor	90.3	62,562
		Christopher Bradley	9.7	6,684

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,246
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Anthony Eldon (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14

James Judge defeated Jerry Torres and Samar Nashagh in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Judge	53.1	20,466
		Jerry Torres	29.6	11,398
		Samar Nashagh	17.3	6,650

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,514
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Angel Urbina (R)
• Landon Campbell (R)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Christopher Bradley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Christopher Bradley completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bradley's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

Expand all | Collapse all

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

The son of a Southern Baptist Preacher that spent the last 17 years working in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, El Salvador, and here in Tampa, ensuring our military's information technology and cybersecurity are always ready. I am a Kennedy Democrat representing the moderates of Tampa Bay who still believe in asking what we can do for our country (and fellow Americans), not what our country can do for us. I believe that the Progressive Agenda has become a racist, sexist, and classist parody of liberal values.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Political tribalism is destroying our nation. The inability and even willingness of Representatives of both major parties to cooperate has been self-evident over the past years. I can represent us better.
• As a Kennedy Democrat, I feel we need to step away from the extremist Progressives and radicals of the Democrat Party who, in the end, are hurting our liberal causes more than helping.
• Our current Representative has performed minimal work and ignored issues that threaten our lives and livelihood. Other than USF and key medical organizations, your issues, problems, and concerns are not her problem. As your Representative, I will work with you rather than ignore you.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Environmentalism: For too long, our Party's more radical Progressives have distracted us with the Climate Change narrative. Although climate change impacts our world, I will not sacrifice the health of our environment on the alter carbon neutrality. The issue of the environment has long been ignored in our district and across the country.

Immigration: The crisis on the Southern Border can be solved if Representatives are willing to lay aside their partisan politics and work to solve it.

Cybersecurity: While hackers were playing with dangerous chemicals in the Oldsmar Water Treatment Facility, our Representative tried to protect kids from Instagram. What do you want your Rep to do for you? Be a parent to your children, or protect the water they drink? I have no desire to be your child’s parent, but I do have the desire to preserve their health and well-being.

Military: Tampa is a military town. MacDill AFB represents a sizeable economic influence in our region. The lack of support and acknowledgment by Kathy Castor for our military was the final straw, the deciding factor, on why I decided to run against her. When 13 of our nation’s sons and daughter died in a botched withdrawal of Afghanistan, the only thing she could do was retweet President Biden. She literally did the social media equivalent of regifting someone else’s sympathy card. Is this the person you want representing the defense of your nation and your rights?

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

My father has been an inspiration to me. It is from him that I learned the value of ethics and morals. That sometimes, we need to look past the labels we put on each other to the person inside. Growing up, I witnessed him counseling many different people experiencing the best and worst of life. While we won’t be perfect in this life, we can at least bring some amount of hope to those around us. In running and representing Tampa Bay, I believe I can live those word.

What legacy would you like to leave?

Hope.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

In April 1986, I was nine years old, and we were all called into the library to watch live the lift-off of the Spaceshuttle Challenger. The event was considered a big deal, not just because it represented the U.S.’s space dominance but also as part of the Teacher in Space Project. A Project meant to inspire students and spur interest in STEM fields. Sadly, the Challenger blew apart shortly after launch killing all seven crew members aboard, including Payload Specialist and Teacher Christa McAuliffe.

Other historical events have come and gone, but that is the first that I remember being of national importance. I will say that today, I watch every SpaceX launch and rocket recovery and feel the same hope we felt then when I see those rockets go up and land. Space will represent a new frontier for science and humanity that should continue to be explored and cultivated despite tragedies like the Challenger.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

At the young age of 13, my first job was putting advertisements into newspapers and rolling them up to be delivered to customers. I was so proud that I was able to prepare over 1,000 newspapers per hour. It was a fun job and the first job that allowed me to get a paycheck and open an actual bank account. Also, the first time that I learned about this horrible thing called taxes.

Mainly being an introvert at the time, I would spend much of my earnings in a used book store in the main town. Growing up poor, that job and those books were a source of pride for me throughout the years. It helped nurture my love of reading and awareness of the world around me.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

The Tampa Bay Times has called our current Representative “the heir to a political dynasty.” The implication is that our present Representative is somehow owed or obligated to be our Representative through nothing more than bloodlines rather than qualifications. The role of a Representative is not to be an expert in government or politics, but someone who can listen to their people, understand their concerns and address them. Our present Representative has extensive experience in government and politics yet fails to hear the people's voices. Even worse, choose to ignore it.

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.

Campaign finance summary

---

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

---

Christopher Bradley campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Florida District 14	Lost general	$10,105	$12,092
2022	U.S. House Florida District 14	Lost primary	$39,115	$32,810
Grand total			$49,220	$44,902
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

See also

2024 Elections

What's on the ballot? U.S. President U.S. Congress U.S. Congress special elections State executives State legislatures State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards Election analysis hub

Government

Who represents me? U.S. Congress State executives State legislators State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards

Newsletters

The Daily Brew The Weekly Brew The Ballot Bulletin Checks and Balances Economy and Society Hall Pass Number of the Day Robe & Gavel

External links

Search Google News for this topic

Candidate

U.S. House Florida District 14

Website

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

Personal

YouTube

LinkedIn

Footnotes

[show]

Florida's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ashley Moody (R)

Rick Scott (R)

Representatives

District 1

Jimmy Patronis (R)

District 2

Neal Dunn (R)

District 3

Kat Cammack (R)

District 4

Aaron Bean (R)

District 5

John Rutherford (R)

District 6

Randy Fine (R)

District 7

Cory Mills (R)

District 8

Mike Haridopolos (R)

District 9

Darren Soto (D)

District 10

Maxwell Frost (D)

District 11

Daniel Webster (R)

District 12

Gus Bilirakis (R)

District 13

Anna Luna (R)

District 14

Kathy Castor (D)

District 15

Laurel Lee (R)

District 16

Vern Buchanan (R)

District 17

Greg Steube (R)

District 18

Scott Franklin (R)

District 19

Byron Donalds (R)

District 20

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D)

District 21

Brian Mast (R)

District 22

Lois Frankel (D)

District 23

Jared Moskowitz (D)

District 24

Frederica Wilson (D)

District 25

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)

District 26

Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

District 27

Maria Elvira Salazar (R)

District 28

Carlos Gimenez (R)

Republican Party (22)

Democratic Party (8)