Talk:Trey Grayson

Initial comments

Apparently this man is a member of the government of Kentucky. That's definitely notable enough for inclusion. The article as it stands is a stub in dire need of expansion, not deletion. Aecis ^{Appleknocker Flophouse} 21:23, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

I've added some information to the article. Hopefully the problems are fixed now. Aecis ^{Appleknocker Flophouse} 21:44, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

While it's true that Trey Grayson is a former Democrat involved in Clinton's election, this information should not be inclined where it is. Namely, his political conversion took place during his time as an undergraduate at Harvard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.131.51.95 (talk) 22:15, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't believe it is necessary to include either party switching or his support for Bill Clinton. These are not productive for keeping an unbiased record on Trey Grayson. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stuart warren16 (talk • contribs) 19:13, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

How are plain facts biased?

69.181.250.72 (talk) 02:01, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

information in introduction

Should this really be included in the introduction? "He is a former member of the Democratic Party[1], and voted for Bill Clinton in 1992[2] but is currently a member of the Republican Party." Wouldn't it be more succinct to say he is a former Democrat who is seeking the Republican nomination for Senate? The way it is now smacks of a lawn sign planted in a wikipedia page. The Clinton bit should be way lower. Prlinsey (talk) 07:20, 19 December 2009 (UTC) prlinsey

Isn't it a bit of politicking to list other Democrats who have switched? Just seems like a way to associate himself with Reagan and Rice... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.91.80.2 (talk) 5:14, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

The problem isn't just the reference to "other notable Democrats" who switched, it's the whole switch thing in its entirety. From what I can tell, the entire story is that Grayson switched his voter registration from Democratic to Republican back when he was 24. A lot of people - including politicians - have at some stage changed their party registration. That really isn't worthy of being in the introduction; it's pertinent, but only as a small note in the body of the article. If he'd been a member of the Democratic Party and stood as a Democratic candidate, then switched to the Republicans, that would be sufficiently notable to be in the introduction. The information is notable, but doesn't meet the threshold required for it to be retained in the introduction. For these reasons I am moving that information down into the main body of the article, and removing the superfluous references to other prominent party-switchers. Cyril Washbrook (talk) 14:17, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Need more info on 2010 Senate Campaign

Trey Grayson is a major contender in one of the most heated senate battles in the country, we should include more info on his campaign. I tried to start filling it in and someone deleted what I wrote. I expect this was not an unbiased deletion. Please discuss here before deleting content. Lets work together to make this article more informative. Byates5637 (talk) 16:32, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

On January 14, 2010, Trey Grayson filed for the 2010 US Senate GOP primary in Kentucky. In celebration, 5,000 supporters watched and listened to a first-of-its-kind event in Kentucky political history (a live interactive web and telephone town hall with Grayson and hosted by television personality, Dave Baker).

Trey Grayson is a “common-sense conservative” ” who is “most attuned” to issues concerning Kentucky’s Republican voters. During the January 14th e-town-hall meeting, Grayson is quoted saying, “I think I’m right in tune with Kentucky voters, so I think the decisions I make, most voters in Kentucky will be happy with.” Claimed as his strongest attack against his primary opponent, Grayson said in response to a question about the differences between them, “I’m a conservative. He’s a Libertarian. Also, I believe in solutions, not just rhetoric and anger.”

“I’m running for US Senate because I think we need common sense solutions to restore some fiscal sanity to Washington. We’ve got out-of-control deficits and runaway spending. We live in a really dangerous world. I think we’ve been reminded of that in the last couple of months. And so I want to take some of the successes we’ve had here in Frankfort, with common sense conservative reforms, and try to get results in Washington in those areas,” he said.

On January 21, former Congressman Ron Lewis announced his endorsement for Trey Grayson. In the announcement, Lewis stated, “Trey Grayson has shown the kind of character and leadership that Kentuckians deserve in their next United States Senator. It’s a pleasure for Kayi and I to offer our support to his campaign. In his six years as Kentucky’s Secretary of State Trey has improved the efficiency of his office, operating on a 15% smaller budget than his predecessor even while his responsibilities have increased. That’s the kind of fiscal discipline we need in Washington. I know Trey will fight for comprehensive budget and spending reform to restore our nation’s fiscal health that will help create more jobs.” —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stuart warren16 (talk • contribs) 19:24, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Article needs to be protected

Lots of anonymous IP users are vandalizing this page, it needs to be semi-protected. Lt.Specht (talk) 01:24, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Posting a photo of Mr. Grayson with his mouth open is not constructive and does nothing to further his Wikipedia entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MJ787123 (talk • contribs) 18:38, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Photo with Bill Clinton under dispute

The photo of Grayson with Bill Clinton is disputed, and I have removed it. Please do not revert it pending further investigation, thanks. Jusdafax 18:40, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

The claim of its authenticity is being raised by someone who has vandalized the article about fifty times... Lt.Specht (talk) 21:33, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

broken link to photo or photo doesn't exist???

Why is there a dead photo link in this page? I would gladly remove this photo or try to link it to a photo that exists but evidently the page is protected (albeit with no page protect tag). Additionally what's the point in adding additional photos to the page when there already is a photo? While I personally don't care very much one way or the other regarding having multiple photos at least link to something that actually exists. Nefariousski (talk) 19:45, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Unsourced sections

I'm moving the following material here per WP:BLP as it is completely unsourced. Feel free to find sources and request that the newly cited material be added back to the article.

Lede

Grayson has served two terms since being elected as Secretary of State in 2003. During his second term, he was selected to become the president of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS).

In April 2009, Grayson announced he would form an exploratory committee to run for Jim Bunning's U.S. Senate seat in November 2010. Grayson said that he would not run against Bunning and did not officially file until after Bunning announced he would not seek a third term.

Early years and career

After graduating from Dixie Heights High School in Edgewood, Kentucky,

Secretary of State

At the time of his election in 2003, Democrats had held control over all state offices for more than three decades. Grayson was one of four Republican candidates to break the trend, along with the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Agriculture Commissioner being won by Republicans. He trailed by a small margin to his opponent in many polls but pulled even by election night and ultimately won by a nearly six point margin, likely helped in part by a coattail effect by the gubernatorial candidate Ernie Fletcher winning by a ten point margin. When he was sworn into office, Grayson was the youngest Secretary of State in the nation at the age of 31. Grayson's first term was marked by a controversy involving Grayson's purging of approximately 8,000 Kentucky voters from the registry of voters. Grayson and his office were defendants in a lawsuit filed by the Kentucky attorney general's office which was resolved when a state judge ruled that Grayson's actions were illegal and ordered Grayson to restore the voters to the registry. Grayson later admitted to National Public Radio that he had made a mistake in purging the voters.

In November 2007, Trey Grayson won re-election as Secretary of State by 14-percentage points, despite an environment thought to be unfavorable to him and other Republicans with the top of the ticket being far behind in most polls. He and incumbent Commissioner of Agriculture Richie Farmer, who won his race by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, became the first Kentucky Republicans to win statewide office in an election won by a Democratic gubernatorial candidate since 1915.

In July 2008, Grayson was elected by his national colleagues to the position of president-elect of the National Association of Secretaries of State, becoming president of the organization in the summer of 2009. In the process, he became the first secretary from Kentucky in that position since NASS was founded in 1904. Grayson has been on the NASS Executive Board and held various leadership positions since 2004: he was chair of the elections committee and of the voter participation committee, and served two terms as co-chair of the presidential primary sub-committee, where he is a national authority on presidential primary election reform. Prior to being selected as president, Grayson was the NASS treasurer.

References

Toddst1 (talk) 08:33, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I've moved the parts that the sources support back. Toddst1 (talk) 15:56, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

update requested

{{editprotected}} Please add to External links section:

• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Profile at Vote Smart
• Campaign financing from OpenSecrets.org

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Flatterworld (talk • contribs)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit protected}} template. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:21, 2 February 2010 (UTC)