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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 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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 909

Senate 3rd Reading SB909 Smallwood-Cuevas

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 924

Senate 3rd Reading SB924 Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 929

Senate 3rd Reading SB929 Jones

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 942

Senate 3rd Reading SB942 Caballero et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 952

Senate 3rd Reading SB952 Laird

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 954

Senate 3rd Reading SB954 Blakespear et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 958

Senate 3rd Reading SB958 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 973

Senate 3rd Reading SB973 Becker et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 983

Senate 3rd Reading SB983 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 992

Senate 3rd Reading SB992 Niello

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 996

Senate 3rd Reading SB996 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1057

Senate 3rd Reading SB1057 Becker

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 1092

Senate 3rd Reading SB1092 Allen

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 1103

Senate 3rd Reading SB1103 Pérez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1114

Senate 3rd Reading SB1114 Cabaldon et al

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 1123

Senate 3rd Reading SB1123 Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1158

Senate 3rd Reading SB1158 Stern

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1167

Senate 3rd Reading SB1167 Blakespear et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1233

Senate 3rd Reading SB1233 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1237

Senate 3rd Reading SB1237 Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1249

Senate 3rd Reading SB1249 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1257

Senate 3rd Reading SB1257 Arreguín et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1283

Senate 3rd Reading SB1283 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1292

Senate 3rd Reading SB1292 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1301

Senate 3rd Reading SB1301 Allen et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1314

Senate 3rd Reading SB1314 Menjivar et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1367

Senate 3rd Reading SB1367 Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1370

Senate 3rd Reading SB1370 Stern et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1374

Senate 3rd Reading SB1374 Niello et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1399

Senate 3rd Reading SB1399 Durazo et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 888

Special Consent SB888 Seyarto et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 911

Special Consent SB911 Becker

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 920

Senate 3rd Reading SB920 Archuleta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 927

Special Consent SB927 Choi et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 936

Special Consent SB936 Blakespear et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 945

Special Consent SB945 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 946

Special Consent SB946 Seyarto

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 953

Special Consent SB953 Niello et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 955

Special Consent SB955 Blakespear Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 985

Special Consent SB985 Strickland et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1015

Special Consent SB1015 Strickland

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1016

Senate 3rd Reading SB1016 Blakespear et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1029

Special Consent SB1029 Seyarto et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1044

Special Consent SB1044 Reyes et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1059

Special Consent SB1059 Archuleta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1061

Special Consent SB1061 Ochoa Bogh

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1062

Special Consent SB1062 Ochoa Bogh