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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 68

Senate 3rd Reading SB68 Menjivar

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 57

Senate 3rd Reading SB57 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 53

Senate 3rd Reading SB53 Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 47

Senate 3rd Reading SB47 Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 41

Senate 3rd Reading SB41 Wiener et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 40

Senate 3rd Reading SB40 Wiener et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 30

Senate 3rd Reading SB30 Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 9

Senate 3rd Reading SB9 Arreguín

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SR 49

Relative to the 75th anniversary of the Korean War.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 757

Senate 3rd Reading SB757 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 324

Senate 3rd Reading SB324 Menjivar et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 27

Senate 3rd Reading SB27 Umberg Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 8

Senate 3rd Reading SB8 Ashby et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 760

Senate 3rd Reading SB760 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 543

Senate 3rd Reading SB543 McNerney

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 42

Senate 3rd Reading SR42 Choi et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 36

Senate 3rd Reading SR36 Cortese et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 390

Senate 3rd Reading SB390 Becker

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 489

Senate 3rd Reading SB489 Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 371

Senate 3rd Reading SB371 Cabaldon

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 741

Senate 3rd Reading SB741 Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 611

Senate 3rd Reading SB611 Richardson Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 394

Senate 3rd Reading SB394 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 753

Senate 3rd Reading SB753 Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 227

Senate 3rd Reading SB227 Grayson et al. Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 62

Senate 3rd Reading SB62 Menjivar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 33

Senate 3rd Reading SCR33 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 50

Senate 3rd Reading SCR50 Stern

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 845

Senate 3rd Reading SB845 Pérez et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 276

Senate 3rd Reading SB276 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 491

Senate 3rd Reading SB491 Laird et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 754

Senate 3rd Reading SB754 Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 508

Senate 3rd Reading SB508 Valladares et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 510

Senate 3rd Reading SB510 Richardson et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 83

Senate 3rd Reading SB83 Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 21

Senate 3rd Reading SB21 Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 395

Senate 3rd Reading SB395 Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 340

Senate 3rd Reading SB340 Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 820

Senate 3rd Reading SB820 Stern

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 765

Senate 3rd Reading SB765 Niello

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 480

Senate 3rd Reading SB480 Archuleta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 486

Senate 3rd Reading SB486 Cabaldon

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 346

Senate 3rd Reading SB346 Durazo et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 29

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 764

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 3

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 31

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 31

[05-23-2025] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 31

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 34

Do pass