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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 1376

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1391

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1416

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 132

Senate 3rd Reading SCR132 Ochoa Bogh et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 133

Senate 3rd Reading SCR133 Grayson et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 134

Senate 3rd Reading SCR134 Wahab et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 139

Senate 3rd Reading SCR139 Wahab et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 946

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 972

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 904

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 996

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1007

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1091

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 76

Senate 3rd Reading SR76 Menjivar et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 114

Senate 3rd Reading SCR114 Grove

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 85

Senate 3rd Reading SR85 Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 127

Special Consent ACR127 Muratsuchi et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 128

Special Consent ACR128 Stefani et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 132

Special Consent ACR132 Dixon et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 134

Special Consent ACR134 Bryan et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 110

Senate 3rd Reading SCR110 Grove et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 127

Senate 3rd Reading SCR127 Allen et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 137

Senate 3rd Reading SCR137 Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 79

Senate 3rd Reading SR79 Niello

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 83

Senate 3rd Reading SR83 McNerney

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 120

Senate 3rd Reading SCR120 Grayson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 126

Senate 3rd Reading SCR126 Grove

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 135

Senate 3rd Reading SCR135 Laird

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SR 82

Senate 3rd Reading SR82 Pérez et al

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SR 84

Senate 3rd Reading SR84 Caballero et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 81

Senate 3rd Reading SR81 Pérez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 125

Senate 3rd Reading SCR125 Wahab et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 69

Senate 3rd Reading SR69 Niello

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 122

Senate 3rd Reading SCR122 Weber Pierson et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 107

Assembly 3rd Reading AB107 Gabriel By Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 117

Assembly 3rd Reading AB117 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 78

Senate 3rd Reading SR78 Cabaldon et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 121

Special Consent ACR121 Tangipa et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 112

Special Consent ACR112 Gallagher et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 116

Special Consent ACR116 Jackson et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 118

Special Consent ACR118 Mark González et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 120

Special Consent ACR120 Ávila Farías et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 122

Special Consent ACR122 Ahrens et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 89

Senate 3rd Reading SCR89 Smallwood-Cuevas

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 72

Senate 3rd Reading SR72 Wahab et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 73

Special Consent SR73 Choi et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 71

Special Consent ACR71 Kalra et al. By Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 115

Special Consent ACR115 Bennett et al. By Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 117

Special Consent ACR117 Sharp-Collins

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 106

Unfinished Business SB106 Laird Concurrence