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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

7,329 events, each with its source
VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 691

Senate 3rd Reading SB691 Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 747

Senate 3rd Reading SB747 Wiener et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 758

Senate 3rd Reading SB758 Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 762

Senate 3rd Reading SB762 Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 795

Senate 3rd Reading SB795 Richardson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 811

Senate 3rd Reading SB811 Caballero et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 813

Senate 3rd Reading SB813 McNerney

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 33

Senate 3rd Reading SB33 Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 58

Senate 3rd Reading SB58 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 96

Senate 3rd Reading SB96 Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 222

Senate 3rd Reading SB222 Wiener et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 299

Senate 3rd Reading SB299 Cabaldon et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 300

Senate 3rd Reading SB300 Padilla

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 308

Consent Calendar 2nd SB308 Seyarto

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 342

Senate 3rd Reading SB342 Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 457

Senate 3rd Reading SB457 Becker

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 479

Senate 3rd Reading SB479 Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 490

Senate 3rd Reading SB490 Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 546

Consent Calendar 2nd SB546 Grayson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 575

Consent Calendar 2nd SB575 Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 677

Senate 3rd Reading SB677 Wiener

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 694

W/O REF. TO FILE SB694 Archuleta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 700

Consent Calendar 2nd SB700 Grayson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 719

Senate 3rd Reading SB719 Cabaldon

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 722

Senate 3rd Reading SB722 Wahab et al. Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 742

Senate 3rd Reading SB742 Pérez et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 799

Senate 3rd Reading SB799 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 828

Senate 3rd Reading SB828 Cabaldon et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 832

Senate 3rd Reading SB832 Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 849

Senate 3rd Reading SB849 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 46

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 58

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 73

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 99

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 247

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 260

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 288

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 327

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 342

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 381

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 417

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 490

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 492

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 501

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 555

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 557

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 574

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 608

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 623

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 667

Do pass as amended