 Walker was eligible to run for a full term and has indicated she would do so.However, she was defeated in the Democratic primary by Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Lexington lawyer and the daughter of former Kentucky Democratic Party State Chairman Jerry Lundergan who is supported by a faction of the state's Democratic establishment.Grimes announced her candidacy at rallies in three cities attended by Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo, state House Speaker Greg Stumbo and former Governor and current state Senator Julian Carroll, and Democratic consultant Dale Emmons, who is working for Grimes' campaign, said she also has the endorsements of U.S. Representative Ben Chandler and Lexington Mayor Jim Gray.