The State Elections Enforcement Commission on Wednesday unanimously voted to refer to the office of Connecticut Chief State’s Attorney a recommendation it launch a criminal probe of Judge of Probate candidate Mark Bradley for voting unlawfully in multiple elections in two states, including casting ballots on the same day in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
SEEC staff attorney Johnny Ross made the recommendation to the commission to refer the matter to the chief state’s attorney regarding evidence of potential criminal violations of state election law. See video of the approval above.
SEEC has civil authority to investigate complaints but can also refer criminal investigations to law enforcement officials. SEEC has referred a number of campaign matters to law enforcement agencies that have led to charges and convictions related to city elections.
The referral was initiated based on a complaint to the commission by Tom Gecewicz, the city’s former health director, and current member of the Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee.
A review by OIB of Mark Bradley’s voting history shows he has voted flagrantly in multiple city elections since 2018 while also simultaneously casting ballots in the state of Massachusetts as a registered Republican, according to records provided by respective election officials.
State and federal laws are universally cemented: it’s one person, one vote, and illegal to vote multiple times, be it in a local jurisdiction or across state lines which brings in potential federal infractions as well.
Mark Bradley also has a residency issue, in both Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Court records show that Bradley has established a clear residency in Massachusetts under his own signature while also enrolled in the state of Massachusetts healthcare program. His children also attend school in Massachusetts.
While voting in Bridgeport multiple times the past decade, the start of which was on behalf of his brother, former State Senator Dennis Bradley, Mark Bradley also did not register a motor vehicle in Bridgeport until it coincided recently with his formal candidacy for judge of probate, avoiding car taxes paid to the city.
Dennis Bradley, awaiting sentencing, was convicted in March by a federal jury in New Haven on six counts of wire fraud connected to his 2018 run for the state legislature. The charges cost him his senate seat in a 2022 primary loss to Herron Gaston.
Last week a state judge suspended Dennis Bradley’s law license, effective July 17, as a result of that conviction. Mark Bradley is a partner in the Bridgeport-based Bradley Law Group. This criminal probe now also puts into question his future law license.
Mark Bradley is also in the throes of a probate battle in Massachusetts accused of child-payment arrears, falsifying financial statements to camouflage earnings, his own lawyer withdrawing from the case because he made “material misrepresentations” and a Massachusetts judge placing into question the future of his law license and referral to the state body that investigates complaints against lawyers in Massachusetts.
Mark Bradley is challenging long-time incumbent Paul Ganim in an August 11 Democratic primary. On the campaign trail Mark Bradley has been talking “corruption” but not of his own or that of his convicted brother.
The core role of probate judge includes executing wills and estates, distribution of assets to heirs, appointment of guardians for minors and appointing conservators for adults who cannot manage their own finances or personal care.
Mark Bradley voting history in Bridgeport
Massachusetts voting history
Mark Bradley attests to Massachusetts address.
