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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

7,175 events, each with its source
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Voted Yea on AB 2339

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Voted Yea on AB 2436

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Voted Yea on AB 2440

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Voted Yea on AB 2524

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 2506

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

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Voted Yea on AB 2516

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

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Voted Yea on AB 2592

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 2633

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 2640

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 2660

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 2664

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 2720

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 2756

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 2765

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 2769

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on AB 2771

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

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Voted Yea on AB 2772

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

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Voted Yea on AB 2773

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

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Voted Yea on AB 2774

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

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Voted Yea on AB 2775

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

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Voted Yea on AB 2783

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

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Voted Yea on SB 97

W/O REF. TO FILE SB97 Grayson

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Voted Yea on SB 111

W/O REF. TO FILE SB111 Laird

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Voted Yea on SB 135

W/O REF. TO FILE SB135 B. & F.R. (Laird)

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Voted Yea on SB 174

W/O REF. TO FILE SB174 B. & F.R. (Laird)

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Voted Yea on SB 163

W/O REF. TO FILE SB163 B. & F.R. (Laird)

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Voted Yea on SB 164

W/O REF. TO FILE SB164 B. & F.R. (Laird)

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Voted Yea on SB 165

W/O REF. TO FILE SB165 B. & F.R. (Laird)

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Voted Yea on SB 166

W/O REF. TO FILE SB166 B. & F.R. (Laird)

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Voted Yea on SB 168

W/O REF. TO FILE SB168 B. & F.R. (Laird)

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Voted Yea on SB 169

W/O REF. TO FILE SB169 B. & F.R. (Laird)

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Voted Yea on SB 170

W/O REF. TO FILE SB170 B. & F.R. (Laird)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 171

W/O REF. TO FILE SB171 B. & F.R. (Laird)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 172

W/O REF. TO FILE SB172 B. & F.R. (Laird)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 177

W/O REF. TO FILE SB177 B. & F.R. (Laird)

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Voted Yea on SB 180

W/O REF. TO FILE SB180 B. & F.R. (Laird)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 719

W/O REF. TO FILE SB719 Cabaldon Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 1096

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1350

W/O REF. TO FILE SB1350 McNerney Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 113

Senate 3rd Reading SR113 Choi et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 210

Be adopted and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

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Voted Yea on SCR 185

Senate 3rd Reading SCR185 Caballero

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Voted Yea on SJR 16

Senate 3rd Reading SJR16 Caballero et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 34

Consent Calendar 2nd AB34 Patterson et al

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Voted Yea on AB 35

Consent Calendar 2nd AB35 Alvarez et al. Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on AB 1587

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1587 Ta

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Voted Yea on AB 1651

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1651 Dixon

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Voted Yea on AB 1653

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1653 Lackey

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Voted Yea on AB 1683

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1683 INS. (Calderon)

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Voted Yea on AB 1736

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1736 Pellerin