1. Charles Merwin "Trey" Grayson III was born on April 18,1972 and is an American politician and attorney who is a member at Frost Brown Todd and a principal at CivicPoint.
27 Facts About Trey Grayson
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Trey Grayson later was the director of the Harvard Institute of Politics.
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Trey Grayson was CEO of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
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Trey Grayson was a 1989 Governor's Scholar and later president of the program's alumni association.
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In 2004, Trey Grayson became a member of the senior advisory committee to Harvard University's Institute of Politics.
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Trey Grayson has been on a variety of advisory boards of several national, election-related organizations and the steering committee for the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools.
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Trey Grayson has had various national leadership positions, including chair of the Republican Association of Secretaries of State.
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Trey Grayson modernized the Office of the Secretary of State by bringing more services online, enhanced Kentucky's election laws through several legislative packages, and revived the civic mission of Kentucky schools by leading the effort to restore civics education.
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Trey Grayson led a nationally recognized effort to increase the civic literacy of Kentucky's youth and helped change Kentucky's election laws, including a repeal of public financing of gubernatorial campaigns.
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Trey Grayson later admitted to National Public Radio that the Office had made a technical mistake in purging some of the voters, but that the concept was important.
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Trey Grayson was reelected Secretary of State in 2007 by a 14-point margin.
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Trey Grayson became one of only two Republican statewide elected constitutional officers to win a second consecutive term in modern history.
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Trey Grayson led the effort to modernize Kentucky's business laws, making it easier to start a business in Kentucky.
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Trey Grayson's office was the first government entity in Kentucky to put its spending online so that taxpayers could hold his office accountable for how their tax dollars are spent.
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Trey Grayson supported a policy change made by Governor Steve Beshear that made it easier for some convicted felons to apply to have their voting rights restored.
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Trey Grayson did not support automatic restoration of voting rights to all convicted felons.
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Trey Grayson administered the $37 million Kentucky received in federal funds to implement the Help America Vote Act, as well the $169,755 grant from the Federal Election Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities.
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Trey Grayson ran in the 2010 Republican primary for US Senate in Kentucky, losing to Rand Paul by a 23-point margin.
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On January 7,2011, it was announced that Grayson would resign as Secretary of State to accept a position at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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Trey Grayson became the Director of the Harvard Institute of Politics.
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At Harvard, Trey Grayson oversaw many nationally recognized studies of political shifts between different blocks of voters, especially millennials.
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Trey Grayson was a frequent moderator of school panels and lectures by many of the nation's top leaders.
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In 2012, Trey Grayson joined Gabrielle Giffords's "Gabby PAC" as co-chairman.
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On May 21,2014, the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce announced Trey Grayson would become the president and CEO of the organization, effective July 1.
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In May 2017, the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce announced Trey Grayson would resign as president and CEO effective June 9.
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In June 2020, Trey Grayson participated in the Transition Integrity Project, a group that considered scenarios for a contested presidential election in the fall.
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Trey Grayson continues to write opinion columns on subjects such as prioritizing economic development over "anti-LGBTQ stunts" and in favor of broader funding sources for election assurance.