Charles Merwin "Trey" Grayson III (born April 18, 1972) is an American politician and attorney who is currently CEO of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. A former Secretary of State of Kentucky, Grayson also was a candidate in the 2010 GOP primary to replace retiring Jim Bunning, losing to Rand Paul, the Tea Party favorite for the Republicans. He later was the director of the Harvard Institute of Politics.