Trey Grayson

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Trey Grayson
Kentucky Secretary of State
Incumbent
Assumed office
2004
Current term ends
2011
Political party Republican
Website Official Kentucky Secretary of State website

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Charles Merwin "Trey" Grayson III (born April 18, 1972, in Fort Thomas, Kentucky) is the current Republican Secretary of State of Kentucky. He announced in April 2009 that he would campaign for the United States Senate currently occupied by Republican Jim Bunning, who declined to run for a third term in office. [1] Grayson faces off against Rand Paul, ophthalmologist and son of Texas Representative Ron Paul, in the May 18 Republican primary.

Education

  • Graduate from Dixie Heights High School
  • Bachelor's degree, Harvard College (1994) in government
  • Master of Business Administration degree, University of Kentucky in Lexington (1998)
  • Juris Doctorate degree, University of Kentucky in Lexington (1998)
  • Graduate, Leadership Northern Kentucky (2000)
  • Graduate, Leadership Kentucky (2002)

Professional experience

After earning both degrees in 1998, he joined the law firm of Greenebaum, Doll, & McDonald as an attorney. From 2001 until 2003, Grayson served as both an a consultant and an attorney for Keating, Muething, & Klekamp focusing on estate planning and corporate law.

Political Career

Grayson's first political contest was the Secretary of State race in November 2003. At the time, the political environment in the state was strongly against Republican candidates as Democrats had held control over all State offices for nearly three decades. That trend broke that year when Republicans occupied the positions of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Agriculture Commissioner, in addition to Grayson's victory. When he took office in January 2004, he was the youngest Secretary of State in the country at the age of 31.

Since 2004, Grayson has held numerous leadership positions within the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), including chair of the elections committee, chair of the voter participation committee, treasurer, two-term co-chair of the presidential primary sub-committee, and, just recently, president.

2010 U.S. Senate election

Despite increasing pressure from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) to retire, believing the seventy-eight year old candidate would likely lose in a re-election bid, [2] Senator Jim Bunning from Kentucky

Other roles

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  • Board Member, Kentucky Symphony (2001-2003)
  • Board Member, Commonwealth Fund for KET (2001-present)
  • Board Member, Kentucky Advocates for Higher Education (2001-present)
  • President, Conservative Forum (2002-2003)
  • Board Member, New Hope Center (2002-present)
  • Board Member, Kentucky Governors Scholars Program (2002-present)
  • Co-Hosted, Kentucky Summit on Civic Literacy (2004)
  • Member, Congressional Conference on Civic Education, Kentucky Delegation
  • President, Governor's Scholar Program Alumni Association
  • Advisory Member, HelpingAmericansVote.org
  • Advisory Board Member, Just Democracy, Incorporated
  • Kentucky Workforce Investment Board
  • Vice-Chair, National Association of Secretaries of State Committee
  • Chair, Republican Association of Secretaries of State

Electoral history

2003

2003 Race for Secretary of State - General Election [3]
Candidates Percentage
C.M. "Trey" Grayson (R) 52.5%
Russ Maple (D) 47.5%
Total votes 1,006,429

2007

2007 Race for Secretary of State - General Election [4]
Candidates Percentage
C.M. "Trey" Grayson (R) 57.1%
S. Bruce Hendrickson (D) 42.9%
Total votes 1,011,156

Family life

Trey Grayson currently resides in Park Hills, Kentucky with his wife, Nancy, and their two daughters - Alexandra and Kate. He is a practicing Episcopalian.

Contact Information

Office of the Secretary of State
The Capitol Building
700 Capital Avenue
Suite 152
Frankfort, KY 40601

Phone: (502) 564-3490
Fax: (502) 564-5687

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Political offices
Preceded by
John Y. Brown III
Kentucky Secretary of State
2004–present
Succeeded by
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