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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

7,426 events, each with its source
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Voted Yea on SB 88

Senate 3rd Reading SB88 Caballero et al

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Senate 3rd Reading SB25 Umberg

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Senate 3rd Reading SB24 McNerney

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Senate 3rd Reading SB22 Laird

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Voted Yea on SB 594

Senate 3rd Reading SB594 Padilla

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Voted Yea on SB 20

Senate 3rd Reading SB20 Menjivar et al

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Voted Yea on SB 4

Senate 3rd Reading SB4 Cervantes et al

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Voted Yea on SB 587

Senate 3rd Reading SB587 Grayson

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Voted Yea on SB 19

Senate 3rd Reading SB19 Rubio et al

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Voted Yea on SB 5

Senate 3rd Reading SB5 Cabaldon

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Voted Yea on SB 7

Senate 3rd Reading SB7 McNerney et al

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Voted Yea on SB 11

Senate 3rd Reading SB11 Ashby

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Voted Yea on SB 580

Senate 3rd Reading SB580 Durazo

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Voted Yea on SB 578

Senate 3rd Reading SB578 Smallwood-Cuevas

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Voted Yea on SB 787

Senate 3rd Reading SB787 McNerney

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Voted Yea on SB 660

Senate 3rd Reading SB660 Menjivar

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Voted Yea on SB 784

Senate 3rd Reading SB784 Durazo et al

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Voted Yea on SB 840

Senate 3rd Reading SB840 Limón et al

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Senate 3rd Reading SB561 Blakespear

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Senate 3rd Reading SB221 Ochoa Bogh et al

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Voted Yea on SB 550

Senate 3rd Reading SB550 Cortese

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Senate 3rd Reading SB226 Cabaldon

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Senate 3rd Reading SB702 Limón et al

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Voted Yea on SB 831

Senate 3rd Reading SB831 Limón

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Voted Yea on SB 703

Senate 3rd Reading SB703 Richardson

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Voted Yea on SB 245

Senate 3rd Reading SB245 Reyes By Arreguín

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Senate 3rd Reading SB249 Umberg

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Voted Yea on SB 525

Senate 3rd Reading SB525 Jones

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Senate 3rd Reading SB518 Weber Pierson et al

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Voted Yea on SB 258

Senate 3rd Reading SB258 Wahab et al

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Voted Yea on SB 545

Senate 3rd Reading SB545 Cortese et al

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Voted Yea on SB 507

Senate 3rd Reading SB507 Limón

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Voted Yea on SB 497

Senate 3rd Reading SB497 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 804

Senate 3rd Reading SB804 Archuleta et al

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Voted Yea on SB 494

Senate 3rd Reading SB494 Cortese

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Voted Yea on SB 670

Senate 3rd Reading SB670 Cervantes

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Voted Yea on SB 767

Senate 3rd Reading SB767 Richardson et al

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Voted Absent on SB 470

Senate 3rd Reading SB470 Laird

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Voted Yea on SB 464

Senate 3rd Reading SB464 Smallwood-Cuevas

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Voted Yea on SB 298

Senate 3rd Reading SB298 Caballero et al

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Voted Yea on SB 456

Senate 3rd Reading SB456 Ashby et al

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Voted Yea on SB 307

Senate 3rd Reading SB307 Cervantes

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Voted Yea on SB 848

Senate 3rd Reading SB848 Pérez

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Voted Yea on SB 313

Senate 3rd Reading SB313 Cervantes et al

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Senate 3rd Reading SB766 Allen

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Voted Yea on SB 59

Senate 3rd Reading SB59 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 442

Senate 3rd Reading SB442 Smallwood-Cuevas

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Voted Yea on SB 323

Senate 3rd Reading SB323 Pérez

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Voted Yea on SB 439

Senate 3rd Reading SB439 Weber Pierson

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Senate 3rd Reading SB437 Weber Pierson et al