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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 AB 670

Special Consent AB670 Quirk-Silva By Grayson

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 699

Assembly 3rd Reading AB699 Stefani By Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 709

Assembly 3rd Reading AB709 Jeff Gonzalez By Seyarto

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 715

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 720

Assembly 3rd Reading AB720 Rogers By Cabaldon

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 726

Special Consent AB726 Ávila Farías By Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 738

Assembly 3rd Reading AB738 Tangipa et al. By Grove

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 741

Assembly 3rd Reading AB741 Ransom By Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 799

Special Consent AB799 Celeste Rodriguez By Smallwood-Cuevas

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 841

Special Consent AB841 Patel et al. By Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 849

Assembly 3rd Reading AB849 Soria et al. By Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 853

Assembly 3rd Reading AB853 Wicks et al. By Becker

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 870

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 896

Special Consent AB896 Elhawary et al. By Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 915

Assembly 3rd Reading AB915 Petrie-Norris By Grove

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 940

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 943

Assembly 3rd Reading AB943 Michelle Rodriguez By Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 959

Special Consent AB959 Hadwick By Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 969

Special Consent AB969 Celeste Rodriguez By Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 979

Special Consent AB979 Irwin et al. By McNerney

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 985

Assembly 3rd Reading AB985 Schiavo et al. By Blakespear Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 986

Special Consent AB986 Muratsuchi et al. By Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1005

Special Consent AB1005 Davies et al. By Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1007

Special Consent AB1007 Blanca Rubio et al. By Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1009

Special Consent AB1009 Blanca Rubio By Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1032

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1032 Harabedian et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1056

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1056 Bennett By Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1071

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1071 Kalra By Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1089

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1089 Carrillo By Laird

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 1098

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1181

Special Consent AB1181 Haney et al. By Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1210

Special Consent AB1210 Lackey By Seyarto

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1246

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1246 Hoover By Valladares

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1263

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1263 Gipson et al. By Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1264

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1264 Gabriel et al. By Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1288

Special Consent AB1288 Addis et al. By Pérez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1293

Special Consent AB1293 Wallis By Strickland

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1327

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1327 Aguiar-Curry By Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1356

Special Consent AB1356 Dixon By Jones

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1363

Special Consent AB1363 Stefani et al. By Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1373

Special Consent AB1373 Soria By Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1390

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1390 Solache et al. By Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1390

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1390 Solache et al. By Allen Reconsider

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1390

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1390 Solache et al. By Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1417

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1417 Stefani et al. By Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1418

Special Consent AB1418 Schiavo By Pérez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1441

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1441 Soria By Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1476

Special Consent AB1476 Wallis et al. By Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1485

Special Consent AB1485 Macedo et al. By Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1524

Special Consent AB1524 JUD. (Kalra)