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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
VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 655

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 63

Senate 3rd Reading SCR63 Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 669

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 293

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 656

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 34

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 636

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 632

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 356

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 823

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 286

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 389

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 608

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 25

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 455

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 13

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 576

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 68

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 371

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 71

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 72

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 800

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 788

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 777

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 776

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 439

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 568

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 775

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 774

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 773

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 314

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 261

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 344

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 364

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 98

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 556

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 764

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 263

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 756

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 370

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 539

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 713

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 712

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 4

Senate 3rd Reading SCR4 Umberg et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 46

Senate 3rd Reading SCR46 Wiener et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 24

Senate 3rd Reading SCR24 Alvarado-Gil

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 530

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 55

Senate 3rd Reading SCR55 Niello

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 38

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 803

Placed on suspense file