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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
VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1758

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1775

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1794

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1933

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1939

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1943

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1948

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1948 Ramos et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1999

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2010

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2250

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2286

Consent Calendar 2nd AB2286 Bryan

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2311

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2402

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2455

Consent Calendar 2nd AB2455 Haney et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2477

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2556

Consent Calendar 2nd AB2556 Boerner

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2565

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2571

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2633

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

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Voted Yea on ACA 7

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on ACA 18

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SJR 17

Senate 3rd Reading SJR17 Choi et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCA 5

Be adopted

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2726

Consent Calendar 2nd AB2726 Fong

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 112

Senate 3rd Reading SR112 Niello

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 1

Consent Calendar 2nd ACR1 Quirk-Silva et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 94

Consent Calendar 2nd ACR94 Patel et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 119

Special Consent ACR119 Ta et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 123

Special Consent ACR123 Chen et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 124

Special Consent ACR124 Ta et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 143

Special Consent ACR143 Pacheco et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 158

Special Consent ACR158 Solache et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 163

Special Consent ACR163 Ramos et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 167

Special Consent ACR167 Hadwick et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 174

Special Consent ACR174 Muratsuchi et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 178

Special Consent ACR178 Flora et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 179

Special Consent ACR179 Flora et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 180

Special Consent ACR180 Connolly et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 181

Special Consent ACR181 Patel et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 182

Special Consent ACR182 Ransom et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 183

Special Consent ACR183 Sharp-Collins et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 184

Special Consent ACR184 Rivas et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 186

Special Consent ACR186 Chen et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 188

Special Consent ACR188 Soria et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 189

Special Consent ACR189 Ahrens et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 190

Special Consent ACR190 Ortega et al. By Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 195

Special Consent ACR195 Gabriel et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 196

Special Consent ACR196 Solache et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 198

Special Consent ACR198 Patel et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 200

Special Consent ACR200 Alanis et al