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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

6,950 events, each with its source
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Voted Yea on AB 1964

Do pass

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Voted Yea on AB 1965

Do pass

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Voted Yea on AB 1967

Do pass

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Voted Yea on AB 1969

Do pass

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Voted Yea on AB 1979

Do pass

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Voted Yea on AB 1980

Do pass

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Voted Yea on AB 1981

Do pass

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Voted Yea on AB 1983

Do pass

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Voted Yea on AB 1985

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on AB 1987

Do pass

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Voted Yea on AB 1994

Do pass as amended

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Voted Yea on AB 1996

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1830

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

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Voted Yea on ACR 218

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 607

That the Assembly amendments be concurred in

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 193

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 230

Consent Calendar 2nd AB230 Ransom et al

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Voted Yea on AB 353

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Voted Yea on AB 635

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 906

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 1145

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1145 Jeff Gonzalez et al

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Voted Yea on AB 1159

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 1199

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1199 Patterson

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Voted Yea on AB 1539

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Voted Yea on AB 1278

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1278 Harabedian

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Voted Yea on AB 1294

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Voted Yea on AB 1381

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 1569

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1569 Davies et al

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Voted Yea on AB 1622

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1622 Blanca Rubio et al

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Voted Yea on AB 1636

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1636 Solache

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Voted Yea on AB 1652

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1652 Patterson et al

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Voted Yea on AB 1689

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1689 Quirk-Silva

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Voted Yea on AB 1704

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 1707

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Voted Yea on AB 1732

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1756

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1756 Jeff Gonzalez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1760

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1760 Arambula

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Voted Yea on AB 1776

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 1873

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1873 Bennett

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Voted Yea on AB 1881

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 1912

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1912 Hadwick et al

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Voted Yea on AB 1913

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1913 Soria

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Voted Yea on AB 1928

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1928 Fong et al

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Voted Yea on AB 1950

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1950 Harabedian

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Voted Yea on AB 1956

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1956 Valencia et al

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Voted Yea on AB 1982

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1982 Lowenthal et al

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Voted Yea on AB 2028

Consent Calendar 2nd AB2028 Chen

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Voted Yea on AB 2044

Consent Calendar 2nd AB2044 Petrie-Norris

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2058

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2071

Consent Calendar 2nd AB2071 Hoover et al