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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
VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1010

Senate 3rd Reading SB1010 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1021

Senate 3rd Reading SB1021 Choi et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1031

Senate 3rd Reading SB1031 Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1037

Senate 3rd Reading SB1037 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1066

Senate 3rd Reading SB1066 Niello

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 1075

Senate 3rd Reading SB1075 Reyes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1082

Senate 3rd Reading SB1082 Niello

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1087

Senate 3rd Reading SB1087 Cabaldon

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1089

Senate 3rd Reading SB1089 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1090

Senate 3rd Reading SB1090 Pérez

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 1093

Senate 3rd Reading SB1093 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1098

Senate 3rd Reading SB1098 Pérez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1105

Senate 3rd Reading SB1105 Pérez et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1124

Senate 3rd Reading SB1124 Archuleta et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1125

Senate 3rd Reading SB1125 Menjivar et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1130

Senate 3rd Reading SB1130 Reyes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1157

Senate 3rd Reading SB1157 Archuleta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1160

Senate 3rd Reading SB1160 Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1166

Senate 3rd Reading SB1166 Arreguín et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1168

Senate 3rd Reading SB1168 McNerney et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1171

Senate 3rd Reading SB1171 Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1173

Senate 3rd Reading SB1173 Caballero

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 1203

Senate 3rd Reading SB1203 Smallwood-Cuevas

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1220

Senate 3rd Reading SB1220 Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1230

Senate 3rd Reading SB1230 Valladares

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1246

Senate 3rd Reading SB1246 Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1255

Senate 3rd Reading SB1255 Reyes et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1256

Senate 3rd Reading SB1256 Jones

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 1259

Senate 3rd Reading SB1259 Blakespear et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1261

Senate 3rd Reading SB1261 Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1284

Senate 3rd Reading SB1284 Smallwood-Cuevas

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1295

Senate 3rd Reading SB1295 Stern et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1303

Senate 3rd Reading SB1303 Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1305

Senate 3rd Reading SB1305 Richardson et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1366

Senate 3rd Reading SB1366 Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1329

Senate 3rd Reading SB1329 McNerney

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1342

Senate 3rd Reading SB1342 Durazo et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1350

Senate 3rd Reading SB1350 McNerney et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1354

Senate 3rd Reading SB1354 Archuleta

VoteNay
Voted Nay on SB 1359

Senate 3rd Reading SB1359 Stern

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1414

Senate 3rd Reading SB1414 Reyes et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1423

Senate 3rd Reading SB1423 Stern

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 73

Unfinished Business SB73 Cervantes et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 925

Senate 3rd Reading SB925 McNerney et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 873

Senate 3rd Reading SB873 Reyes et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 878

Senate 3rd Reading SB878 Pérez et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 886

Senate 3rd Reading SB886 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 887

Senate 3rd Reading SB887 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 905

Senate 3rd Reading SB905 Becker

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 907

Senate 3rd Reading SB907 Archuleta et al