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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

7,365 events, each with its source
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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 107

Senate 3rd Reading SCR107 Richardson et al

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]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 220

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 667

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 71

Be adopted, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 96

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 342

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 849

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 106

Senate 3rd Reading SCR106 Choi

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 505

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 546

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 700

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 222

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 417

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 457

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 492

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 677

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 722

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 226

Assembly 3rd Reading AB226 Calderon et al. By Umberg Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 825

Assembly 2nd Reading AB825 Petrie-Norris et al. By Becker

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 888

Assembly 3rd Reading AB888 Calderon et al. By Grayson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1207

Assembly 2nd Reading AB1207 Irwin et al. By Limón Urgency Clause

VoteNay
Voted Nay on AB 1231

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1231 Elhawary et al. By Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 11

Unfinished Business SB11 Ashby Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 34

Unfinished Business SB34 Richardson Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 34

Unfinished Business SB34 Richardson Motion to Reconsider Concurrence Reconsider

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 42

Unfinished Business SB42 Umberg et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 48

W/O REF. TO FILE SB48 Gonzalez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 53

Unfinished Business SB53 Wiener et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 57

Unfinished Business SB57 Padilla et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 59

Unfinished Business SB59 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 63

Unfinished Business SB63 Wiener et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 67

Unfinished Business SB67 Seyarto et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 75

Unfinished Business SB75 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence