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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 SCR 78

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 544

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 545

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 37

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 21

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 390

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 978

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1149

Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 50

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 655

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 516

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 226

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

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SCR 93

First Responders’ Day.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 529

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 786

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 521

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 37

Senate 3rd Reading SB37 Umberg

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Voted Yea on SB 761

Special Consent SB761 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 562

Senate 3rd Reading SB562 Ashby

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Voted Yea on SB 261

Senate 3rd Reading SB261 Wahab et al

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Voted Yea on SB 536

Senate 3rd Reading SB536 Archuleta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 433

Senate 3rd Reading SB433 Wahab et al

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Voted Absent on SB 526

Senate 3rd Reading SB526 Menjivar et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 759

Senate 3rd Reading SB759 Archuleta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 661

Senate 3rd Reading SB661 Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 228

Special Consent SB228 Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 483

Senate 3rd Reading SB483 Stern

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 540

Senate 3rd Reading SB540 Becker et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 776

Special Consent SB776 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 586

Senate 3rd Reading SB586 Jones

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 472

Senate 3rd Reading SB472 Stern et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 254

Senate 3rd Reading SB254 Becker et al. Urgency Clause

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 632

Senate 3rd Reading SB632 Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 471

Special Consent SB471 Menjivar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 84

Senate 3rd Reading SB84 Niello et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 403

Senate 3rd Reading SB403 Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 701

Senate 3rd Reading SB701 Wahab et al

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 633

Senate 3rd Reading SB633 Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 86

Special Consent SB86 McNerney et al

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 29

Senate 3rd Reading SB29 Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 704

Senate 3rd Reading SB704 Arreguín

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Voted Yea on SB 710

Special Consent SB710 Blakespear et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 435

Senate 3rd Reading SB435 Wahab et al

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Voted Yea on SB 638

Senate 3rd Reading SB638 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 756

Senate 3rd Reading SB756 Smallwood-Cuevas

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 540

Senate 3rd Reading SB540 Becker et al. Reconsider

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 775

Special Consent SB775 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 712

Senate 3rd Reading SB712 Grove et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 727

Special Consent SB727 McGuire

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 771

Senate 3rd Reading SB771 Stern