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Charles Merwin "Trey" Grayson III (born April 18, 1972) is an American politician and attorney who is a member at Frost Brown Todd and a principal at CivicPoint. A former Secretary of State of Kentucky, Grayson was a candidate in the 2010 Republican primary to replace retiring U.S. Senator Jim Bunning, losing to Rand Paul, the Tea Party favorite.
Incumbent Republican Trey Grayson was elected in 2003 with 52.5% of the vote. He was challenged by the former Mayor of Pineville, Democrat Bruce Hendrickson. Grayson held a narrow 45–39 lead over Hendrickson in a Research 2000 poll conducted in October. [4]
Secretary of State Elaine Walker, a Democrat and former mayor of Bowling Green, was appointed on January 29, 2011, to fill the unexpired term of Trey Grayson.Grayson, a Republican, ran in the 2010 race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, but he lost in the Republican primary to Rand Paul (who went on to be elected to the Senate).
On July 28, Bunning announced that he would not run for reelection in the face of insufficient fundraising. The announcement left only Paul and Kentucky secretary of state Trey Grayson as the remaining candidates for the Republican nomination, [64] with Paul announcing on August 5 that he would officially run for the U.S. Senate as a Republican.
Transition Integrity Project (TIP) was a series of political scenario exercises in the United States at the beginning of June 2020, involving over 100 current and former senior government and campaign leaders, academics, journalists, polling experts and former federal and state government officials.
Grayson accused the Fox News Channel of favoring Paul over him. [24] On May 18, 2010, Paul won the Republican nomination. [2] After conceding the election to Paul, Grayson said, "It's time to put all differences aside, unite behind Dr. Paul, he needs our help and I for one stand ready to serve". [25]
Charles Grayson could refer to: Charles Grayson (writer) (1903-1973), American screenwriter and novelist; Charles E. Grayson (1910-2009), American radiologist and archer; Charles F. Grayson, alias of Moody Merrill (1836–1903), American politician, businessman, and fugitive; Trey Grayson (Charles Merwin Grayson III) (born 1972), American ...
Trey Grayson, former Secretary of State of Kentucky and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010 [85] Brett Guthrie, U.S. representative [80] [86] [87] Thomas Massie, U.S. representative [88] Mitch McConnell, U.S. senator and Senate majority leader [89] Phil Moffett, businessman, Tea Party activist and candidate for governor in 2011 [90] [91]