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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 993

Senate 3rd Reading SB993 Ochoa Bogh

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 997

Senate 3rd Reading SB997 Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1023

Senate 3rd Reading SB1023 Laird et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1054

Senate 3rd Reading SB1054 Cabaldon et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1085

Senate 3rd Reading SB1085 Durazo et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1088

Senate 3rd Reading SB1088 Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1094

Senate 3rd Reading SB1094 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1115

Senate 3rd Reading SB1115 Grove

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1117

Senate 3rd Reading SB1117 Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1140

Senate 3rd Reading SB1140 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1143

Senate 3rd Reading SB1143 Caballero et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1146

Senate 3rd Reading SB1146 Gonzalez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1177

Senate 3rd Reading SB1177 Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1228

Senate 3rd Reading SB1228 Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1242

Senate 3rd Reading SB1242 Choi

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1244

Senate 3rd Reading SB1244 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1268

Senate 3rd Reading SB1268 Gonzalez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1288

Senate 3rd Reading SB1288 Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1296

Senate 3rd Reading SB1296 Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1304

Senate 3rd Reading SB1304 Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1307

Senate 3rd Reading SB1307 Jones

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1311

Senate 3rd Reading SB1311 Wahab Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1315

Senate 3rd Reading SB1315 Cabaldon

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1316

Senate 3rd Reading SB1316 Smallwood-Cuevas

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1364

Senate 3rd Reading SB1364 Menjivar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1398

Senate 3rd Reading SB1398 Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1400

Senate 3rd Reading SB1400 Arreguín et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 105

Senate 3rd Reading SR105 McNerney et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 151

Senate 3rd Reading SCR151 Umberg et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 175

Senate 3rd Reading SCR175 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 176

Senate 3rd Reading SCR176 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 178

Senate 3rd Reading SCR178 Becker et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1128

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1130

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1135

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1138

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1196

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1140

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1145

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1146

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1149

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1150

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1151

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1151 Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1153

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1156

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1209

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1157

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1158

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1160

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1164

Do pass as amended