# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alison-lundergan-grimes
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:05:25.891Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alison-lundergan-grimes"
name: "Alison Lundergan Grimes"
slug: "alison-lundergan-grimes"
description: "Alison Case Lundergan Grimes is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who was the secretary of state of Kentucky from 2012 until 2020. Grimes was elected in 2011 after defeating incumbent Elaine Walker in the Democratic primary and Republican candidate Bill Johnson in the general election. She was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in 2014, unsuccessfully challenging Republican incumbent and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. She was re-elected for a second term as Secretary of State of Kentucky on November 3, 2015, defeating Republican Stephen Knipper. Term limited in 2019, she was succeeded by Republican Michael Adams."
tagline: "American politician in Kentucky (born 1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alison_Lundergan_Grimes_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1978-11-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             2.480314960629922
  historical:           7.240932
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/AlisonForKY"
    handle:    "AlisonForKY"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://alisonforkentucky.com/"
sources:
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    title: "ایلیسن لنڈرگن گرائمز"
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    title: "اليسون لونديرجان جريميس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alison Lundergan Grimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Lundergan_Grimes"
    title: "Alison Lundergan Grimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "אליסון לונדגרן גריימס"
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    title: "Alison Lundergan Grimes"
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    title: "Alison Lundergan Grimes"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump