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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
VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1411

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1425

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 108

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1389

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1389 Blanca Rubio By Rubio Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 881

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 886

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 891

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 903

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 920

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 936

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 937

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 943

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 944

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 946

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 948

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 959

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 964

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 987

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1054

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1006

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1009

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1044

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1047

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1049

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1053

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1056

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1108

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1132

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1140

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1165

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1179

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1198

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1203

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1240

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1241

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1271

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1312

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1327

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1340

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 92

Senate 3rd Reading SR92 Becker et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 140

Senate 3rd Reading SCR140 Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 88

Senate 3rd Reading SR88 Blakespear et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 90

Senate 3rd Reading SR90 Gonzalez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 974

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1078

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1120

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1275

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

VoteNay
Voted Nay on SB 1277

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1277

[First] hearing set for [04-08-2026]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1287

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