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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

7,019 events, each with its source
VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on ACR 129

Be adopted and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

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Voted Absent on ACR 164

Be adopted and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

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Voted Absent on ACR 166

Be adopted and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

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Voted Absent on ACR 173

Be adopted and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on ACR 173

[06-01-2026] hearing: Motion to Reconsider. [Reconsideration Granted.]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 179

Senate 3rd Reading SCR179 Niello

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 867

Special Consent SB867 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 894

Special Consent SB894 Allen et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 900

Special Consent SB900 McNerney et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 962

Special Consent SB962 Archuleta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 995

Senate 3rd Reading SB995 Pérez et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1022

Special Consent SB1022 Valladares et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1025

Senate 3rd Reading SB1025 Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1047

Special Consent SB1047 Niello et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1050

Senate 3rd Reading SB1050 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1053

Special Consent SB1053 Niello

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1181

Senate 3rd Reading SB1181 Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1211

Senate 3rd Reading SB1211 Gonzalez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1224

Special Consent SB1224 Jones

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1266

Senate 3rd Reading SB1266 Stern

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1299

Special Consent SB1299 Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1302

Senate 3rd Reading SB1302 Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1330

Special Consent SB1330 Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1373

Senate 3rd Reading SB1373 Grove et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1393

Senate 3rd Reading SB1393 McGuire

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1395

Special Consent SB1395 Valladares

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1397

Special Consent SB1397 Alvarado-Gil

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1407

Special Consent SB1407 Archuleta et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1430

Special Consent SB1430 E. & C.A. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 94

Special Consent SR94 Becker

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 46

Assembly 3rd Reading AB46 Nguyen et al. By Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1365

Senate 3rd Reading SB1365 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 865

Senate 3rd Reading SB865 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 866

Senate 3rd Reading SB866 Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 869

Senate 3rd Reading SB869 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 876

Senate 3rd Reading SB876 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 895

Senate 3rd Reading SB895 Wiener et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 898

Senate 3rd Reading SB898 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 913

Senate 3rd Reading SB913 Becker et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 923

Senate 3rd Reading SB923 Becker

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 937

Senate 3rd Reading SB937 Gonzalez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 938

Senate 3rd Reading SB938 Menjivar et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 948

Senate 3rd Reading SB948 Arreguín et al

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Voted Absent on SB 954

Senate 3rd Reading SB954 Blakespear et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 966

Senate 3rd Reading SB966 Gonzalez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1032

Senate 3rd Reading SB1032 Reyes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 970

Senate 3rd Reading SB970 Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 989

Senate 3rd Reading SB989 Blakespear et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1007

Senate 3rd Reading SB1007 Menjivar et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1009

Senate 3rd Reading SB1009 Becker et al