"State Rep. Laura Bradford, R-Collbran, has been working feverishly this week, reaching out to prosecutors from states that have implemented mandatory minimum sentences for sex offenders, in an effort to make her House Bill 1144 more palatable to her peers."

"In case you hadn’t heard, state Rep. Laura Bradford, R-Collbran, is taking her fight for stiffer penalties for sex offenders who target children to national TV.

According to a memo from a producer at Fox News Channel to the House Republicans’ press office, Bradford’s House Bill 1144, will be featured during the “Patriots and Pinheads” segment around 6:50 p.m. tonight."

"State Reps. Steve King, R-Grand Junction, and Laura Bradford, R-Collbran, disagreed today when she asked the House Transportation and Energy Committee to kill one of her bills.

King lamented that he was concerned it took Bradford’s use of a bill to force the governor’s office and Public Utilities Commission to sit down and consider a future for the Cameo power plant.

“I think it’s unfortunate that you basically had to waste a bill title to get the PUC, Xcel and the governor’s office to address this issue,” King said."

"State Rep. Laura Bradford, R-Collbran, told Rep. John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, that she could not support his plan to create an innovation tax credit because not enough of the incentivized investments would flow to Mesa County."

"Rep. Laura Bradford, R-Collbran, jumped into the debate, joking: “I was going to propose a bill putting all cats in plastic bags on slow-moving vehicles … with carbon monoxide detectors.”

From the left, Coloradopols has posted a thread today stating: “Republicans with seemingly no interest in doing their jobs.” The posting, which you should read in its entirety, cited Brophy’s plan, Senate Bill 74, to exempt guns manufactured in Colorado to be exempt from federal gun regulations. "

"When state Rep. Laura Bradford, R-Collbran, was asked by The Colorado Statesman to identify the “legislator (current or former) most instrumental in helping you win your election this year,” she named … the man she beat in what she has described as a “take no prisoners” campaign, Democrat Bernie Buescher."

"There hasn't been this much infighting among the GOP since the Beauprez-Holtzman gubernatorial match up. OK, that's an exaggeration but the parking wars at the Capitol have been fun to follow.

Sen. Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs, parks in space 146 on the Capitol's north side. He said he can barely get his Ford F150 in his space, thanks to Rep. Laura Bradford, R-Mesa County.
Bradford, he said, has parking issues.
"She crossed the line," he joked.
"He needs a smaller car," she fired back.

"I'm not entirely displeased to see that Republican Laura Bradford beat incumbent Bernie Buescher in the Grand Junction state house race. Back in 2005, my dad and I blasted Buescher for supporting higher net taxes and for earning a zero rating from the Colorado Union of Taxpayers.

Still, Bradford barely pulled off a surprise upset in a county that went 63 percent for McCain.

In this race, as in races across Colorado and the nation, voters were faced with a choice of two evils: political force in our private lives versus political force in our economic lives.

"Nothing rallies a candidate like a negative ad, especially in places like House District 55. As we’ve reported before, Republican Laura Bradford has been accused of opposing the inclusion of routine cancer screenings in her health plan.

For the second time in a week, she called the press together to rebut her attackers.

“It’s a blatant lie,” Bradford said."

"In what was a generally staid debate in front of students from three local speech and debate teams Thursday night, the issue of how to fund transportation in relation to other programs provided one small bit of fireworks between the House District 55 candidates.

“Funding transportation needs to be moved up to the top,” Laura Bradford told the student-moderated forum.

"Asked at a Monday night forum what Colorado can do to confront its transportation-funding shortfall, Republican House District 55 candidate Laura Bradford said policymakers should draw up a list...State Rep. Bernie Buescher, D-Grand Junction, said he thought the way the Colorado Transportation Commission prioritizes its projects is OK by him. (Buescher served on the panel for half a decade.)."

"Two weeks after Republican House District 55 candidate Laura Bradford’s campaign bank account came within $3,000 of her opponent’s cash on-hand total, state Rep. Bernie Buescher, D-Grand Junction, has again pulled away from the pack.

According to the duo’s latest campaign finance reports, Buescher reported having $22,655 in the bank as of Sept. 24. Bradford, who doled out nearly $7,000 in radio advertising expenses, reported being $2,912 in debt as of Sept. 24."

"Republican House District 55 hopeful Laura Bradford has seized on the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce’s endorsement of her candidacy and released a new radio ad, attacking state Rep. Bernie Buescher, D-Grand Junction, for his ties to Gov. Bill Ritter.

Click here to hear the ad, title, “Winds of Change.”"