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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 1077

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1105

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1106

Do pass

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Voted Yea on SB 1114

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1139

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1139 Laird

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Voted Yea on SB 1149

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1160

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1161

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Voted Yea on SB 1166

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1191

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1197

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1202

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1220

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1222

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1237

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1255

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1261

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1262

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1294

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1294 Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1297

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1302

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1303

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1304

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1330

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1342

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1363

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1368

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1378

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1394

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1399

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1420

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 1422

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1428

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1428 N.R. & W. (Becker)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1445

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 87

Senate 3rd Reading SR87 Archuleta et al

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Voted Yea on SR 93

Senate 3rd Reading SR93 Cortese et al

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Voted Yea on SCR 124

Senate 3rd Reading SCR124 Wiener

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Voted Yea on SCR 158

Senate 3rd Reading SCR158 Allen et al

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Voted Yea on SCR 159

Senate 3rd Reading SCR159 Alvarado-Gil et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 918

Consent Calendar 2nd SB918 Seyarto et al

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Voted Yea on SB 935

Consent Calendar 2nd SB935 Choi et al

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Voted Yea on SB 999

Consent Calendar 2nd SB999 Weber Pierson

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Voted Yea on SB 1017

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1017 Reyes et al

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Voted Yea on SB 1073

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1073 Smallwood-Cuevas

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Voted Yea on SB 1078

Senate 3rd Reading SB1078 Laird et al. Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1148

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1148 Niello

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Voted Yea on SB 1189

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1189 Valladares et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1204

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1204 Ochoa Bogh

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Voted Yea on SB 1235

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1235 G.O. (Rubio)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1236

Consent Calendar 2nd SB1236 G.O. (Rubio)