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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

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Voted Yea on AB 2513

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Consent Calendar 2nd AB2596 Gipson et al

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Voted Yea on AB 2619

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Voted Yea on AB 2685

Consent Calendar 2nd AB2685 AGRI. (Soria)

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Voted Yea on AB 2700

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Voted Yea on AB 2728

Consent Calendar 2nd AB2728 Soria

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Voted Yea on AB 2778

Consent Calendar 2nd AB2778 AGRI. (Soria)

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Voted Yea on AB 2786

Consent Calendar 2nd AB2786 ELECTIONS (Pellerin)

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Voted Yea on AB 2794

Consent Calendar 2nd AB2794 HIGHER ED. (Fong)

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Voted Yea on SB 575

Unfinished Business SB575 Laird Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 922

Unfinished Business SB922 Laird et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 992

Unfinished Business SB992 Niello Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SR 121

Senate 3rd Reading SR121 Alvarado-Gil et al

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Senate 3rd Reading SR122 Valladares et al

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Voted Yea on SR 124

Senate 3rd Reading SR124 Weber Pierson et al

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Voted Yea on SR 125

Senate 3rd Reading SR125 Hurtado

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Voted Yea on SCR 180

Consent Calendar 2nd SCR180 Valladares et al

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Voted Yea on SCR 192

Senate 3rd Reading SCR192 Stern et al

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Voted Yea on SCA 5

Senate 3rd Reading SCA5 Cortese

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SR 135

Relative to 40th Infantry Division of the California National Guard.

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Voted Yea on AB 1923

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1923 Soria et al. By Caballero Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on ACR 149

Assembly 3rd Reading ACR149 Hart et al. By Laird

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Voted Yea on ACR 157

Special Consent ACR157 Hoover et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 187

Special Consent ACR187 Jeff Gonzalez et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 194

Special Consent ACR194 Pacheco et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 214

Special Consent ACR214 Bryan et al

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Special Consent ACR219 Papan et al

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Special Consent ACR220 Nguyen

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Voted Yea on ACR 222

Special Consent ACR222 Michelle Rodriguez

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Voted Yea on ACR 223

Special Consent ACR223 Rogers

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Voted Yea on ACR 224

Special Consent ACR224 Dixon et al

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Voted Yea on SR 109

Special Consent SR109 Menjivar et al

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Voted Yea on SR 118

Special Consent SR118 Niello

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Voted Yea on SR 119

Senate 3rd Reading SR119 Caballero

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Voted Yea on SR 126

Senate 3rd Reading SR126 Rubio

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Voted Yea on SCR 89

Unfinished Business SCR89 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SCR 182

Special Consent SCR182 Seyarto et al

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Voted Yea on SCR 186

Senate 3rd Reading SCR186 Grayson

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Voted Yea on AB 1294

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

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Voted Yea on AB 2074

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Voted Yea on AB 2076

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Voted Yea on AB 2084

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Voted Yea on AB 2093

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Voted Yea on AB 2101

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Voted Yea on AB 2103

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Voted Yea on AB 2104

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Voted Yea on AB 2108

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Voted Yea on AB 2111

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Voted Yea on AB 2115

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Voted Yea on AB 2116

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