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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 SB 338

Special Consent SB338 Becker et al

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Voted Yea on SB 67

Special Consent SB67 Seyarto et al

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Voted Yea on SB 246

Special Consent SB246 Grove et al

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Voted Yea on SB 563

Special Consent SB563 Valladares

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Voted Yea on SB 530

Senate 3rd Reading SB530 Richardson

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Voted Yea on SB 87

Special Consent SB87 Seyarto et al

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Voted Yea on SB 764

Special Consent SB764 Weber Pierson

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Voted Yea on SB 603

Special Consent SB603 Niello

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Voted Yea on SB 70

Special Consent SB70 Seyarto

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Voted Yea on SB 275

Special Consent SB275 Smallwood-Cuevas

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Voted Yea on SB 781

Special Consent SB781 Reyes et al

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Voted Yea on SB 74

Special Consent SB74 Seyarto et al

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Voted Yea on SB 278

Special Consent SB278 Cabaldon et al

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Voted Yea on SB 302

Special Consent SB302 Padilla et al

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Voted Yea on SB 280

Senate 3rd Reading SB280 Cervantes et al

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Voted Yea on SB 745

Special Consent SB745 Ochoa Bogh et al

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Voted Yea on SB 599

Special Consent SB599 Caballero

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Voted Yea on SB 597

Special Consent SB597 Cortese

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Voted Yea on SB 76

Special Consent SB76 Seyarto

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Voted Yea on SB 284

Special Consent SB284 Seyarto

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Voted Yea on SB 236

Special Consent SB236 Weber Pierson

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Voted Yea on SB 78

Special Consent SB78 Seyarto et al

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Voted Yea on SB 333

Senate 3rd Reading SB333 Laird et al

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Voted Yea on SB 290

Special Consent SB290 Smallwood-Cuevas

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Voted Yea on SB 593

Senate 3rd Reading SB593 Hurtado

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Voted Yea on SB 553

Special Consent SB553 Cortese

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Voted Yea on SB 591

Special Consent SB591 Valladares et al

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Voted Yea on SB 503

Special Consent SB503 Weber Pierson et al

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Voted Yea on SB 293

Special Consent SB293 Pérez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 785

Special Consent SB785 Caballero

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Voted Yea on SB 296

Special Consent SB296 Archuleta et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 786

Senate 3rd Reading SB786 Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 253

Senate 3rd Reading SB253 Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 748

Senate 3rd Reading SB748 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 750

Senate 3rd Reading SB750 Cortese et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 734

Senate 3rd Reading SB734 Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 734

Senate 3rd Reading SB734 Caballero Reconsider

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 769

Senate 3rd Reading SB769 Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 770

Senate 3rd Reading SB770 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 782

Senate 3rd Reading SB782 Pérez Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 734

Senate 3rd Reading SB734 Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 808

Senate 3rd Reading SB808 Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 812

Senate 3rd Reading SB812 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 827

Senate 3rd Reading SB827 Gonzalez et al

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Voted Yea on SB 839

Senate 3rd Reading SB839 Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 844

Senate 3rd Reading SB844 Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 711

Senate 3rd Reading SB711 McNerney Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 697

Senate 3rd Reading SB697 Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 685

Senate 3rd Reading SB685 Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 683

Senate 3rd Reading SB683 Cortese