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The Bradley Non-Effect
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Dan Carino
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Oct 18, 2008
The Bradley Non-Effect
Nelson Rising, now head of Maguire Properties, was Bradley's campaign manager in '82. He tells KPCC's Frank Stoltze that the "Bradley Effect" probably won't come into play this Election Day, and that it probably never happened in the first place.
Mayor Tom Bradley, with his wife, Ethel, at his side, at his swearing-in in 1973 as the first black mayor of a major U.S. city.
Mayor Tom Bradley, with his wife, Ethel, at his side, at his swearing-in in 1973 as the first black mayor of a major U.S. city.
(
E. Bruce Howell, Los Angeles Public Library's Herald-Examiner Collection
)

Nelson Rising, now head of Maguire Properties, was Bradley's campaign manager in '82. He tells KPCC's Frank Stoltze that the "Bradley Effect" probably won't come into play this Election Day, and that it probably never happened in the first place.

Nelson Rising, now head of Maguire Properties, was Bradley's campaign manager in '82. He tells KPCC's Frank Stoltze that the "Bradley Effect" probably won't come into play this Election Day, and that it probably never happened in the first place.