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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 1109

Special Consent SB1109 Alvarado-Gil et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1128

Special Consent SB1128 Stern

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Voted Yea on SB 1135

Senate 3rd Reading SB1135 Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1150

Special Consent SB1150 Jones et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1153

Senate 3rd Reading SB1153 Caballero et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1174

Special Consent SB1174 Valladares

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1186

Special Consent SB1186 Seyarto et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1188

Special Consent SB1188 Archuleta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1190

Special Consent SB1190 Grove

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1191

Special Consent SB1191 Ochoa Bogh et al. Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1192

Special Consent SB1192 Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1198

Senate 3rd Reading SB1198 Menjivar et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1199

Senate 3rd Reading SB1199 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1200

Special Consent SB1200 Menjivar et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1205

Special Consent SB1205 Valladares

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1213

Senate 3rd Reading SB1213 Reyes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1240

Senate 3rd Reading SB1240 McNerney et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1265

Senate 3rd Reading SB1265 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1276

Special Consent SB1276 Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1293

Special Consent SB1293 Alvarado-Gil et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1322

Special Consent SB1322 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1326

Special Consent SB1326 Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1337

Senate 3rd Reading SB1337 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1338

Senate 3rd Reading SB1338 Jones

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1340

Special Consent SB1340 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1341

Senate 3rd Reading SB1341 Cabaldon

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1345

Special Consent SB1345 Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1360

Senate 3rd Reading SB1360 Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1363

Special Consent SB1363 Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1368

Special Consent SB1368 Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1378

Special Consent SB1378 Ochoa Bogh

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1382

Special Consent SB1382 Alvarado-Gil et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1387

Special Consent SB1387 Stern et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1394

Special Consent SB1394 Limón

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1401

Special Consent SB1401 Stern

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1412

Special Consent SB1412 Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1421

Special Consent SB1421 McGuire

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1424

Special Consent SB1424 Archuleta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1435

Special Consent SB1435 REV. & TAX. (McNerney)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1446

Special Consent SB1446 PUB. S. (Arreguín)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 102

Senate 3rd Reading SR102 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 107

Senate 3rd Reading SR107 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 115

Senate 2nd Reading SR115 Cabaldon

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 172

Senate 3rd Reading SCR172 Niello et al. By Ochoa Bogh

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 177

Senate 3rd Reading SCR177 Weber Pierson et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1768

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1768 Bryan et al. By Durazo Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 877

Senate 3rd Reading SB877 Pérez et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 951

Senate 3rd Reading SB951 Reyes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1013

Senate 3rd Reading SB1013 Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1091

Senate 3rd Reading SB1091 Caballero et al