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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

7,173 events, each with its source
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Voted Yea on SB 1319

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Voted Yea on SB 1357

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Voted Yea on SB 1359

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Voted Yea on SB 1360

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Voted Yea on SB 1365

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Voted Yea on SB 1368

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Voted Yea on SB 1373

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Voted Yea on SB 1387

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Voted Yea on SB 1392

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Voted Yea on SB 1404

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Voted Yea on SB 1411

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Voted Yea on SB 1416

Senate 3rd Reading SB1416 Wahab

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Voted Yea on SB 1421

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Voted Yea on SB 1435

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Voted Yea on SR 86

Senate 3rd Reading SR86 Gonzalez et al

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Voted Yea on SR 103

Senate 3rd Reading SR103 Blakespear et al

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Voted Yea on SB 892

Consent Calendar 2nd SB892 Grove et al

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Voted Yea on SB 902

Consent Calendar 2nd SB902 Grayson et al

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Voted Yea on SB 914

Consent Calendar 2nd SB914 Ashby

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Voted Yea on SB 963

Consent Calendar 2nd SB963 Laird

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Voted Yea on SB 977

Senate 3rd Reading SB977 Weber Pierson

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Voted Yea on SB 1008

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1008 Ochoa Bogh Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 1100

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1100 Smallwood-Cuevas

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Voted Yea on SB 1111

Senate 3rd Reading SB1111 Ashby

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Voted Yea on SB 1133

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1133 Strickland

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Voted Yea on SB 1169

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1169 Grayson

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Voted Yea on SB 1170

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1170 Durazo

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Voted Yea on SB 1234

Senate 3rd Reading SB1234 Alvarado-Gil et al

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Voted Yea on SB 1245

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1245 Stern

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Voted Yea on SB 1263

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1263 McGuire

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Voted Yea on SB 1264

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1264 Valladares

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Voted Yea on SB 1274

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1274 Archuleta

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Voted Yea on SB 1324

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1324 Blakespear

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Voted Yea on SB 1347

Senate 3rd Reading SB1347 Niello

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Voted Yea on SB 1434

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1434 G.O. (Rubio)

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Voted Yea on SB 1437

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1437 REV. & TAX. (McNerney)

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Voted Yea on SB 1438

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1438 L. GOV. (Durazo)

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Voted Yea on SR 96

Senate 3rd Reading SR96 Cortese et al

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Voted Yea on SR 101

Senate 3rd Reading SR101 Ashby

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Voted Yea on SCR 108

Consent Calendar 2nd SCR108 Archuleta et al

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Voted Yea on SCR 128

Senate 3rd Reading SCR128 Pérez et al

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Voted Yea on SCR 143

Senate 3rd Reading SCR143 Umberg

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Voted Yea on SCR 161

Senate 3rd Reading SCR161 Weber Pierson et al