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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 845

Senate 3rd Reading SB845 Pérez et al

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Voted Yea on SB 27

Senate 3rd Reading SB27 Umberg Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 820

Senate 3rd Reading SB820 Stern

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Voted Yea on SB 754

Senate 3rd Reading SB754 Durazo

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Voted Yea on SCR 33

Senate 3rd Reading SCR33 Padilla et al

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Voted Yea on SB 324

Senate 3rd Reading SB324 Menjivar et al

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Voted Yea on SB 83

Senate 3rd Reading SB83 Umberg

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Voted Yea on SB 489

Senate 3rd Reading SB489 Arreguín

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Voted Yea on SB 741

Senate 3rd Reading SB741 Blakespear

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Voted Yea on SB 21

Senate 3rd Reading SB21 Durazo

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Voted Yea on SB 486

Senate 3rd Reading SB486 Cabaldon

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Voted Yea on SB 765

Senate 3rd Reading SB765 Niello

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Voted Yea on SB 332

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 759

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 431

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 331

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 718

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 761

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 834

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 329

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 433

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 435

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 328

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 717

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 763

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 437

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 439

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 326

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 324

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 764

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 716

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 323

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 442

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 362

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 747

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 638

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 78

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 360

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 359

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 411

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 356

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 414

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 355

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 749

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 354

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on SB 419

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 353

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 720

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 352

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 351

Do pass