Alison Lundergan Grimes
| Alison Lundergan Grimes | ||
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| Kentucky Secretary of State | ||
| Incumbent | ||
| In office | ||
| January 5, 2012 - Present | ||
| Term ends | ||
| 2015 | ||
| Years in position | 1 | |
| Party | Democratic | |
| Predecessor | Elaine Walker (D) | |
| Compensation | ||
| Base salary | $113,615 | |
| Elections and appointments | ||
| First elected | November 8, 2011 | |
| Term limits | N/A | |
| Education | ||
| Bachelor's | Rhodes College | |
| J.D. | Washington College of Law, American University | |
| Personal | ||
| Profession | Attorney | |
| Websites | ||
| Office website | ||
| Campaign website | ||
Contents |
Biography
Grimes works in the business litigation group of the law firm Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC. She has also served for the past two years as President of the Women Lawyers' Association of the Fayette County Bar. Grimes volunteers on the board of directors of God's Pantry Food Bank, which works to eliminate hunger in Kentucky; she also serves as director of the Historic Woodward Heights Neighborhood Association. She earned a B.A. in Political Science from Rhodes College and her J.D. from the Washington College of Law at American University. Grimes and her husband, Andrew, reside in Lexington, KY.[1]
Education
- JD, Washington College of Law, American University
- BA, Political Science, Rhodes College
Political career
Kentucky Secretary of State (2012-present)
Grimes won election as Kentucky Secretary of State on November 8, 2011. She assumed office on January 5, 2012 and has served since.[2]
Elections
2014
Grimes is considered a potential Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in the 2014 elections. The seat is currently occupied by veteran officeholder Mitch McConnell (R), who is running for re-election.[3]
2011
Grimes announced her candidacy for Kentucky Secretary of State in the 2011 attorney general election on January 21, 2011.[4] She defeated incumbent Elaine Walker in the May 17 Democratic primary and Republican businessman Bill Johnson in the November 8 general election.
| Kentucky Secretary of State, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Alison Lundergan Grimes |
60.6% | 494,368 | |
| Republican | Bill Johnson | 39.4% | 321,065 | |
| Total Votes | 815,433 | |||
| Secretary of State -- Democratic primary results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote Percentage | |
| Democratic Party |  Alison Lundergan Grimes
|
55.25% | |
| Democratic Party | Elaine Walker | 44.75% | |
| Total Votes | 154,610 | ||
Issues
Grimes's campaign website promised to create jobs by recruiting employers and small businesses to come to Kentucky, improve the state's election system by increasing access for veterans and driving higher voter participation, and streamline the secretary of state's office's business registration process.
She also advocated increasing voter access by allowing veterans, victims of domestic violence and others to list the secretary of state's office as their residence for voter registration purposes.[5] This put her at odds with her general election opponent, Bill Johnson, who openly condemned outgoing incumbent Elaine Walker for allowing voters to register without a permanent address. Johnson argued that Walker's move could result in illegal immigrants, felons and other ineligible voters casting ballots. Grimes, who defeated Walker in the May 17 Democratic primary, defended her former opponent, declaring that "Kentuckians do not give up their rights as citizens because they are not property owners."[6]
Campaign donors
Ballotpedia collects information on campaign donors for each year in which a candidate or incumbent is running for election. The following table offers a breakdown of Alison Lundergan Grimes's donors each year.[7] Click [show] for more information.
| Alison Lundergan Grimes's Campaign Contributions | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Kentucky Secretary of State | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Raised | $1,059,298 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total Raised by General Election Opponent | $113,990 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Top 5 contributors | Kentucky Democratic Party | $22,851 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky Bankers Association | $2,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United Mine Workers | $2,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Steptoe & Johnson | $2,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 individual donors | $2,000 each | ||||||||||||||||||
| Individuals | $906,590 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions | $39,747 | ||||||||||||||||||
| In-state donations | $878,063 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Out-of-state donations | $113,545 | ||||||||||||||||||
Recent news
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- Kentucky Senate Poll Shows Mitch McConnell Tied With Alison Lundergan Grimes - Huffington Post
- Grimes to host town hall meeting here Thursday - Richmond Register
- At Fundraiser, Alison Lundergan Grimes Sounds Like a Senate Candidate - National Journal (blog)
- Joseph Gerth
- Tea for 2? Kentucky Senators in a Marriage of Convenience - New York Times
- Vet expo at BCMS today - The Independent
- Pro-McConnell group runs ads linking Grimes to Obama and Pelosi - Lexington Herald Leader
- Grimes has had private meetings with Harry Reid, 'Politico' reports - WHAS 11.com (subscription)
- McConnell to speak Saturday in Lexington at Republican dinner - Lexington Herald Leader
- Ad hit Grimes before N.Ky. public appearance - Cincinnati.com
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See also
External links
- Kentucky Secretary of State website
- Profile at Facebook
- Profile at Twitter
- Summary, biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
- Campaign contributions at Follow The Money
- Profile at Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, " Biography - Alison Lundergan Grimes," accessed March 29, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Secretary Alison Lundergan Grimes's Biography," accessed March 29, 2013
- ↑ Public Policy Polling, "McConnell remains extremely unpopular," April 9, 2013
- ↑ Bowling Green Daily News, "Lexington attorney to face Walker in race," January 21, 2011.
- ↑ Louisville Courier-Journal, "2011 Voter Guide -- Secretary of State," accessed July 15, 2011.
- ↑ Cincinnati.com, "Grimes’ campaign says homeless have a right to vote," July 6, 2011.
- ↑ Follow the Money.org
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Elaine Walker (D) |
Kentucky Secretary of State 2012 - present |
Succeeded by NA |
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- Candidates for statewide constitutional offices, Kentucky, 2011
- 2011 open seat
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- Secretary of State candidate, 2011
- Kentucky
- Democratic Party
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- Current Democratic secretary of state
- Current Kentucky secretary of state
- Current secretaries of state
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- U.S. Senate candidate, 2014
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