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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 1156

Senate 3rd Reading SB1156 Caballero et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1172

Senate 3rd Reading SB1172 Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1180

Senate 3rd Reading SB1180 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1185

Senate 3rd Reading SB1185 Cortese et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1193

Senate 3rd Reading SB1193 Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1194

Senate 3rd Reading SB1194 Caballero et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1196

Senate 3rd Reading SB1196 McNerney et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1202

Senate 3rd Reading SB1202 Weber Pierson et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1208

Senate 3rd Reading SB1208 Grayson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1209

Senate 3rd Reading SB1209 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1223

Senate 3rd Reading SB1223 Padilla

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1227

Senate 3rd Reading SB1227 Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1229

Senate 3rd Reading SB1229 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1238

Senate 3rd Reading SB1238 Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1247

Senate 3rd Reading SB1247 Padilla

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1250

Senate 3rd Reading SB1250 Cortese et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1271

Senate 3rd Reading SB1271 Reyes et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1272

Senate 3rd Reading SB1272 Menjivar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1279

Senate 3rd Reading SB1279 Gonzalez et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1306

Senate 3rd Reading SB1306 Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1309

Senate 3rd Reading SB1309 Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1323

Senate 3rd Reading SB1323 Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1328

Senate 3rd Reading SB1328 Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1344

Senate 3rd Reading SB1344 Cabaldon et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1349

Senate 3rd Reading SB1349 Gonzalez et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1361

Senate 3rd Reading SB1361 Durazo et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1369

Senate 3rd Reading SB1369 Reyes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1371

Senate 3rd Reading SB1371 Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1375

Senate 3rd Reading SB1375 Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1379

Senate 3rd Reading SB1379 Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1381

Senate 3rd Reading SB1381 Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1383

Senate 3rd Reading SB1383 Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1392

Senate 3rd Reading SB1392 Cortese et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1392

Senate 3rd Reading SB1392 Cortese et al. Reconsider

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1392

Senate 3rd Reading SB1392 Cortese et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1406

Senate 3rd Reading SB1406 McNerney et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1408

Senate 3rd Reading SB1408 Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1417

Senate 3rd Reading SB1417 Pérez et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1420

Senate 3rd Reading SB1420 Richardson Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1425

Senate 3rd Reading SB1425 Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 111

Senate 3rd Reading SR111 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 129

Senate 3rd Reading SCR129 Cortese et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 169

Senate 3rd Reading SCR169 Gonzalez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 173

Senate 3rd Reading SCR173 Alvarado-Gil et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SJR 13

Senate 3rd Reading SJR13 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 904

Senate 3rd Reading SB904 Seyarto et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 922

Senate 3rd Reading SB922 Laird et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 932

Senate 3rd Reading SB932 Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 960

Senate 3rd Reading SB960 Cabaldon

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 971

Senate 3rd Reading SB971 Choi et al