Washington ( CNN ) Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is threatening to ask courts to stop Republican Rand Paul from running for the Republican presidential nomination and re-election to the Senate at the same time . `` The law is clear . You ca n't be on the ballot twice for two offices , '' Grimes , the Democrat who challenged soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this fall , told WHAS in Louisville . Her comments came in Grimes ' first interview after losing by 15 percentage points to McConnell . Republicans in Kentucky are pushing to change the state law to allow Paul to appear on the ballot twice , but Democrats who control the statehouse have objected . Grimes said as the state 's chief election officer , she wo n't be `` bullied '' by Paul . `` We 'll look to the court for any guidance that is needed , '' Grimes said . `` And at the end of the day , we 're not going to be bullied . I 've done my job as secretary of state for the people of Kentucky and I 'll continue to do that . '' To challenge Paul in court , though , Grimes would need to run for re-election as secretary of state in 2015 -- a decision she said she has n't made yet . Kentucky has several statewide offices on the ballot next year . State Attorney General Jack Conway is the only Democrat who 's entered the race to replace outgoing Gov . Steve Beshear , and Beshear 's son , Andy , is running for attorney general . Grimes was coy in the interview with WHAS when asked about her own future . `` I 'm taking time to reflect with family and friends on what has been an amazing journey , '' Grimes said , `` And , my hope is that I will continue to remain committed to the causes that I committed myself to over the course of this past year . ''
Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes hopes to block Sen. Rand Paul from running for two offices at once . Grimes , a Democrat , recently lost in a landslide to GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell .