Bradford Blackmon

Bradford Jerome Blackmon (born December 21, 1988) is an American attorney and Democrat in the Mississippi State Senate from the 21st district since 2023. A son of state representative Edward Blackmon Jr. and state senator Barbara Blackmon, he was elected to succeed his mother after she purposefully dropped out of her re-election race to clear the field for her son.

Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Blackmon attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School, becoming a star football player. His mother is state senator Barbara Blackmon and his father is state representative Edward Blackmon Jr.; his brother is Lawrence Blackmon, a state representative.

He attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School and while there was on the student council and later the football team. While a student at St. Andrews, he was a Mississippi State Senate page.

He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law.

Career He works as an attorney at a law firm owned by his parents. His father performed the same maneuver for his brother Lawrence Blackmon in the Mississippi House of Representatives.

On January 20, 2025, Blackmon introduced the Contraception Begins at Erection Act. The bill would make it illegal for a man to discharge "genetic materials" (semen) without the intent to fertilize an embryo. According to Blackmon, the intent of the legislation is to bring the fundamental role of men into the contraception conversation in response to the large volume of legislative activity targeted only at women.