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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

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 742

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 747

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 758

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 811

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 813

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 828

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 837

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 849

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 70

Senate 3rd Reading SR70 Pérez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SJR 9

Unfinished Business SJR9 Durazo et al. Concurrence

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 902

Early childhood education and childcare: electronic signatures.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SR 71

Relative to affordable homeownership.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 46

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 58

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 73

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 99

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 247

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 288

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 342

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 327

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 347

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 381

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 417

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 490

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VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 492

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Voted Yea on SB 501

Placed on suspense file

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Voted Yea on SB 557

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 574

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 607

Consent Calendar 2nd SB607 Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 623

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 667

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 742

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 747

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 758

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 811

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 828

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 837

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 849

Placed on suspense file

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SCR 112

National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 107

Senate 3rd Reading SCR107 Richardson et al

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1590

California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program: revised allocation formula.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 288

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 347

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 575

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 623

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 762

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCA 4

Be adopted, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments]

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SJR 12

Proposed 2026–2031 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program: opposition.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 220

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