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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

7,426 events, each with its source
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Voted Yea on SB 704

Senate 3rd Reading SB704 Arreguín

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Voted Absent on SB 526

Senate 3rd Reading SB526 Menjivar et al

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Voted Yea on SB 254

Senate 3rd Reading SB254 Becker et al. Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 433

Senate 3rd Reading SB433 Wahab et al

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Voted Absent on SB 633

Senate 3rd Reading SB633 Blakespear

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Voted Yea on SB 354

Senate 3rd Reading SB354 Limón

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Voted Yea on SB 710

Special Consent SB710 Blakespear et al

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Voted Yea on SB 261

Senate 3rd Reading SB261 Wahab et al

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Voted Yea on SB 330

Senate 3rd Reading SB330 Padilla

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Voted Yea on SB 379

Senate 3rd Reading SB379 Jones Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 292

Senate 3rd Reading SB292 Cervantes

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Voted Yea on SB 582

Senate 3rd Reading SB582 Stern et al. By Cervantes

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Voted Yea on SB 71

Senate 3rd Reading SB71 Wiener et al

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Voted Yea on SB 547

Senate 3rd Reading SB547 Pérez et al

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Voted Yea on SB 384

Senate 3rd Reading SB384 Wahab

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Voted Yea on SB 6

Senate 3rd Reading SB6 Ashby

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Voted Yea on SB 16

Senate 3rd Reading SB16 Blakespear

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Voted Yea on SB 429

Senate 3rd Reading SB429 Cortese

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Voted Yea on SB 274

Senate 3rd Reading SB274 Cervantes

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Voted Yea on SB 274

Senate 3rd Reading SB274 Cervantes Motion to Reconsider

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 274

Senate 3rd Reading SB274 Cervantes Motion to Reconsider Reconsider

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Voted Yea on SB 643

Senate 3rd Reading SB643 Caballero et al

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Voted Yea on SB 672

Senate 3rd Reading SB672 Rubio et al

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Voted Yea on SB 542

Senate 3rd Reading SB542 Limón

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 378

Senate 3rd Reading SB378 Wiener

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Voted Yea on SB 316

Senate 3rd Reading SB316 Reyes By Allen

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Voted Yea on SB 541

Senate 3rd Reading SB541 Becker et al

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Voted Yea on SB 682

Senate 3rd Reading SB682 Allen

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Voted Yea on SB 72

Senate 3rd Reading SB72 Caballero et al

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Voted Yea on SB 443

Senate 3rd Reading SB443 Rubio

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Voted Yea on SB 516

Senate 3rd Reading SB516 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 274

Senate 3rd Reading SB274 Cervantes Motion to Reconsider

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Voted Yea on SB 509

Senate 3rd Reading SB509 Caballero et al

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 238

Senate 3rd Reading SB238 Smallwood-Cuevas

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 326

Senate 3rd Reading SB326 Becker et al

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Voted Yea on SB 630

Senate 3rd Reading SB630 Allen et al

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 243

Senate 3rd Reading SB243 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 743

Senate 3rd Reading SB743 Cortese

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Voted Yea on SB 791

Senate 3rd Reading SB791 Cortese et al

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Voted Yea on SB 825

Senate 3rd Reading SB825 Limón et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 34

Senate 3rd Reading SB34 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 495

Senate 3rd Reading SB495 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 629

Senate 3rd Reading SB629 Durazo et al

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Voted Yea on SB 610

Senate 3rd Reading SB610 Pérez et al

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Voted Yea on SB 36

Senate 3rd Reading SB36 Umberg et al

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Voted Yea on SB 833

Senate 3rd Reading SB833 McNerney

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Voted Absent on SB 707

Senate 3rd Reading SB707 Durazo et al

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Voted Yea on SB 402

Senate 3rd Reading SB402 Valladares

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 97

Senate 3rd Reading SB97 Grayson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 720

Senate 3rd Reading SB720 Ashby