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Portrait of Tim Grayson

Tim Grayson

Democratic

State Senate · Senate District 9

In office
2024–present
BiographyReporting (Tier 3) · reviewed

Concord is the clearest local marker in Tim Grayson’s public career. Before seeking state office, he worked as a construction contractor and served on the Concord City Council. In November 2016, he ran for the California State Assembly, beginning a legislative tenure that continued through 2024. He represented two Assembly districts during those years, then contested Senate District 9 in November 2024. His move into the Assembly also involved a party change: once a Republican, he switched parties to make that run.

BEFORE PUBLIC OFFICE

Grayson was born on September 17, 1967. The available account of his working life before politics is brief but concrete: he was a construction contractor. It does not identify his business, projects or years in the trade.

His first identified public office was on the Concord City Council. That put municipal office before his eight years in the Assembly, although no council dates, votes or policy initiatives are specified. The sequence is the important part of the record: construction work, the Concord council and then a campaign for state office.

That path also kept Concord in the foreground. Grayson’s later offices carried district numbers and broader constituencies, but the local government post identified with him was the council in Concord.

THE PATH TO OFFICE

Grayson ran for the Assembly in November 2016. He had once been a Republican and switched parties to run for the Assembly. No further account of that change, including his reasons for it, is given.

He served in the California State Assembly from 2016 to 2024. From 2016 through 2022, he represented the 14th Assembly District. From 2022 through 2024, he represented the 15th Assembly District. The district designation changed; his Assembly service continued.

In November 2024, Grayson ran for the California State Senate, contesting the 9th District seat. That campaign followed his council service and two successive Assembly district assignments. The documented career is thus an institutional progression: Concord city government, the Assembly and a Senate race.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Grayson’s offices and campaigns are clear. A distinct policy signature is not. No particular legislation, budget decision, committee assignment, appointment, vote or organized cause is identified in the account of his career. Nor does it name a specific constituency or interest whose policy priorities he repeatedly advanced.

It would therefore go beyond the documented facts to label him primarily as a policymaker on housing, labor, public safety, transportation, construction or any other issue. His work as a construction contractor cannot by itself be turned into a legislative agenda, and his party change cannot be assigned a policy meaning without further detail.

What can be said is narrower. Grayson brought experience in construction and Concord municipal office into an Assembly career lasting from 2016 to 2024. He represented the 14th and then the 15th Assembly districts before contesting Senate District 9. For voters looking for the interests he has been most committed to serving through policy, the offices establish the reach of his career; the policy record provided here does not establish the answer.

Record of service
  • State Assembly · Assembly District 14 · former
  • State Senate · Senate District 9 · 2024–present
  • State Assembly · Assembly District 15 · 2022–
BiographyReporting (Tier 3) · reviewed before publication

Concord is the clearest local marker in Tim Grayson’s public career. Before seeking state office, he worked as a construction contractor and served on the Concord City Council. In November 2016, he ran for the California State Assembly, beginning a legislative tenure that continued through 2024. He represented two Assembly districts during those years, then contested Senate District 9 in November 2024. His move into the Assembly also involved a party change: once a Republican, he switched parties to make that run.

BEFORE PUBLIC OFFICE

Grayson was born on September 17, 1967. The available account of his working life before politics is brief but concrete: he was a construction contractor. It does not identify his business, projects or years in the trade.

His first identified public office was on the Concord City Council. That put municipal office before his eight years in the Assembly, although no council dates, votes or policy initiatives are specified. The sequence is the important part of the record: construction work, the Concord council and then a campaign for state office.

That path also kept Concord in the foreground. Grayson’s later offices carried district numbers and broader constituencies, but the local government post identified with him was the council in Concord.

THE PATH TO OFFICE

Grayson ran for the Assembly in November 2016. He had once been a Republican and switched parties to run for the Assembly. No further account of that change, including his reasons for it, is given.

He served in the California State Assembly from 2016 to 2024. From 2016 through 2022, he represented the 14th Assembly District. From 2022 through 2024, he represented the 15th Assembly District. The district designation changed; his Assembly service continued.

In November 2024, Grayson ran for the California State Senate, contesting the 9th District seat. That campaign followed his council service and two successive Assembly district assignments. The documented career is thus an institutional progression: Concord city government, the Assembly and a Senate race.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Grayson’s offices and campaigns are clear. A distinct policy signature is not. No particular legislation, budget decision, committee assignment, appointment, vote or organized cause is identified in the account of his career. Nor does it name a specific constituency or interest whose policy priorities he repeatedly advanced.

It would therefore go beyond the documented facts to label him primarily as a policymaker on housing, labor, public safety, transportation, construction or any other issue. His work as a construction contractor cannot by itself be turned into a legislative agenda, and his party change cannot be assigned a policy meaning without further detail.

What can be said is narrower. Grayson brought experience in construction and Concord municipal office into an Assembly career lasting from 2016 to 2024. He represented the 14th and then the 15th Assembly districts before contesting Senate District 9. For voters looking for the interests he has been most committed to serving through policy, the offices establish the reach of his career; the policy record provided here does not establish the answer.

The record

7,583 events, each with its source
VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 78

Special Consent ACR78 Patel et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 68

Special Consent ACR68 Ávila Farías et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 69

Special Consent ACR69 Berman et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 76

Special Consent ACR76 Solache et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 82

Special Consent ACR82 Bryan et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 94

Senate 3rd Reading SCR94 Blakespear et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 81

Special Consent SCR81 Niello et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 24

Special Consent ACR24 Alanis et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 88

Special Consent ACR88 Jeff Gonzalez et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 80

Assembly 3rd Reading ACR80 Stefani By Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 45

Special Consent ACR45 Quirk-Silva et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 73

Special Consent ACR73 Stefani et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 15

Assembly 3rd Reading ACR15 Alanis et al. By Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 74

Special Consent ACR74 Wilson et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 62

Special Consent ACR62 Hart et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 63

Special Consent ACR63 Tangipa et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 89

Special Consent ACR89 Jeff Gonzalez et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 36

Special Consent ACR36 Carrillo et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 5

Special Consent ACR5 Nguyen et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 87

Special Consent ACR87 Nguyen et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 65

Special Consent ACR65 Ward et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 58

Special Consent ACR58 Sharp-Collins et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 23

Special Consent ACR23 Quirk-Silva et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 66

Special Consent ACR66 Dixon et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 86

Special Consent ACR86 Rivas et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 85

Special Consent ACR85 Garcia et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 67

Special Consent ACR67 Sharp-Collins et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 84

Special Consent ACR84 Hoover et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 238

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 493

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 413

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 57

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1061

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 480

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 301

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 457

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1296

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SJR 1

Senate 3rd Reading SJR1 Wiener et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 75

Senate 3rd Reading SCR75 Weber Pierson et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 86

Senate 3rd Reading SCR86 Weber Pierson et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 83

Senate 3rd Reading SCR83 Stern et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 101

Unfinished Business SB101 Wiener Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AJR 11

Consent Calendar 2nd AJR11 Ransom et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 74

Senate 3rd Reading SCR74 Ochoa Bogh et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 377

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 16

Be adopted, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 266

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1085

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 438

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 79

Be adopted, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar