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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

7,521 events, each with its source
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Voted Yea on SB 568

Unfinished Business SB568 Niello Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 596

Unfinished Business SB596 Menjivar Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 613

Unfinished Business SB613 Stern et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 614

Unfinished Business SB614 Stern et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 616

Unfinished Business SB616 Rubio et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 646

Unfinished Business SB646 Weber Pierson Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 629

Unfinished Business SB629 Durazo et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 630

Unfinished Business SB630 Allen et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 635

Unfinished Business SB635 Durazo et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 638

Unfinished Business SB638 Padilla et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 641

Unfinished Business SB641 Ashby et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 643

Unfinished Business SB643 Caballero et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 645

Unfinished Business SB645 Umberg Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 647

Unfinished Business SB647 Hurtado Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 682

Unfinished Business SB682 Allen Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 703

Unfinished Business SB703 Richardson Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 707

Unfinished Business SB707 Durazo et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 720

Unfinished Business SB720 Ashby et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 733

Unfinished Business SB733 Wahab et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 744

Unfinished Business SB744 Cabaldon Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 753

Unfinished Business SB753 Cortese Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 756

Unfinished Business SB756 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 760

Unfinished Business SB760 Allen et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 761

Unfinished Business SB761 Ashby et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 763

Unfinished Business SB763 Hurtado Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 767

Unfinished Business SB767 Richardson et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 771

Unfinished Business SB771 Stern et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 779

Unfinished Business SB779 Archuleta Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 792

Unfinished Business SB792 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 793

Unfinished Business SB793 Archuleta Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 805

Unfinished Business SB805 Pérez et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 820

Unfinished Business SB820 Stern Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 852

Unfinished Business SB852 E. & C.A. (Cervantes) Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 853

Special Consent SB853 L., P.E. & R. (Smallwood-Cuevas)

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Voted Yea on SB 857

Special Consent SB857 PUB. S. (Arreguín)

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Voted Yea on SB 864

Unfinished Business SB864 Padilla et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SR 55

Special Consent SR55 Hurtado

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Voted Yea on SR 59

Special Consent SR59 Niello

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Voted Yea on SR 61

Special Consent SR61 Pérez et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 12

Special Consent ACR12 Quirk-Silva et al

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Voted Yea on ACR 13

Special Consent ACR13 Jackson By Umberg

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Voted Yea on ACR 102

Special Consent ACR102 Ramos et al

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Special Consent ACR105 McKinnor et al

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Special Consent ACR108 Hoover et al

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Special Consent ACR111 Sharp-Collins

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Special Consent ACR113 Bauer-Kahan By Umberg

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Voted Yea on ACR 114

Special Consent ACR114 Pacheco et al

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Voted Yea on SCR 103

Special Consent SCR103 Caballero et al

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Voted Yea on AB 1

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1 Connolly et al. By Allen

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Voted Yea on AB 16

Assembly 3rd Reading AB16 Alanis By Alvarado-Gil