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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
VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 838

Senate 3rd Reading SB838 Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 436

Senate 3rd Reading SB436 Wahab et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 431

Senate 3rd Reading SB431 Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 332

Senate 3rd Reading SB332 Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 427

Senate 3rd Reading SB427 Blakespear et al

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 420

Senate 3rd Reading SB420 Padilla

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 419

Senate 3rd Reading SB419 Caballero et al

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 749

Senate 3rd Reading SB749 Allen et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 414

Senate 3rd Reading SB414 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 75

Senate 3rd Reading SB75 Smallwood-Cuevas

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 530

Senate 3rd Reading SB530 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 246

Special Consent SB246 Grove et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 461

Special Consent SB461 Padilla

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 809

Senate 3rd Reading SB809 Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 236

Special Consent SB236 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 302

Special Consent SB302 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 56

Special Consent SB56 Seyarto et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 549

Senate 3rd Reading SB549 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 553

Special Consent SB553 Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 338

Special Consent SB338 Becker et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 695

Special Consent SB695 Cortese et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 774

Special Consent SB774 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 304

Special Consent SB304 Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 55

Special Consent SB55 Umberg et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 563

Special Consent SB563 Valladares

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 568

Special Consent SB568 Niello

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 781

Special Consent SB781 Reyes et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 46

Senate 3rd Reading SR46 Cabaldon et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 723

Special Consent SB723 Choi et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 452

Special Consent SB452 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 785

Special Consent SB785 Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 786

Senate 3rd Reading SB786 Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 847

Senate 3rd Reading SB847 Reyes By Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 686

Special Consent SB686 Reyes et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 18

Special Consent SB18 Rubio et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 450

Senate 3rd Reading SB450 Menjivar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 855

Special Consent SB855 M.&V.A. (Archuleta)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 345

Special Consent SB345 Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 352

Special Consent SB352 Reyes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 447

Special Consent SB447 Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 862

Special Consent SB862 HEALTH (Menjivar)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 591

Special Consent SB591 Valladares et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 593

Senate 3rd Reading SB593 Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 648

Special Consent SB648 Smallwood-Cuevas

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 317

Special Consent SB317 Hurtado et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 444

Special Consent SB444 Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 597

Special Consent SB597 Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 28

Senate 3rd Reading SB28 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 599

Special Consent SB599 Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 408

Special Consent SB408 Choi et al