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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 19

Unfinished Business SB19 Rubio et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 36

Unfinished Business SB36 Umberg et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 39

Unfinished Business SB39 Weber Pierson Urgency Clause Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 47

Unfinished Business SB47 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 83

Unfinished Business SB83 Umberg Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 88

Unfinished Business SB88 Caballero et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 92

Unfinished Business SB92 Blakespear et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 236

Unfinished Business SB236 Weber Pierson Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 224

Unfinished Business SB224 Hurtado Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 227

Special Consent SB227 Grayson et al. Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 233

Unfinished Business SB233 Seyarto et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 243

Unfinished Business SB243 Padilla et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 255

Special Consent SB255 Seyarto

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Voted Yea on SB 292

Unfinished Business SB292 Cervantes Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 298

Unfinished Business SB298 Caballero et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 302

Unfinished Business SB302 Padilla et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 307

Unfinished Business SB307 Cervantes Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 313

Unfinished Business SB313 Cervantes et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 317

Unfinished Business SB317 Hurtado et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 361

Unfinished Business SB361 Becker Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 373

Unfinished Business SB373 Grove et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 376

Unfinished Business SB376 Valladares Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 402

Unfinished Business SB402 Valladares Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 418

Unfinished Business SB418 Menjivar et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 447

Special Consent SB447 Umberg et al

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Voted Yea on SB 450

Unfinished Business SB450 Menjivar et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 466

Special Consent SB466 Caballero et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 512

Unfinished Business SB512 Pérez et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 485

Unfinished Business SB485 Reyes Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 506

Special Consent SB506 TRANS. (Cortese)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 509

Unfinished Business SB509 Caballero et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 517

Unfinished Business SB517 Niello Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 533

Unfinished Business SB533 Richardson Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 571

Unfinished Business SB571 Archuleta et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 578

Unfinished Business SB578 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 586

Unfinished Business SB586 Jones et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 595

Unfinished Business SB595 Choi Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 624

Special Consent SB624 Caballero et al

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 627

Unfinished Business SB627 Wiener et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 627

Unfinished Business SB627 Wiener et al. Concurrence Reconsider

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 627

Unfinished Business SB627 Wiener et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 655

Unfinished Business SB655 Stern et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 663

That the Assembly amendments be concurred in

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 663

Unfinished Business SB663 Allen et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 669

Unfinished Business SB669 McGuire et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 683

Unfinished Business SB683 Cortese Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 686

Special Consent SB686 Reyes et al

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Voted Yea on SB 709

Unfinished Business SB709 Menjivar et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 710

Unfinished Business SB710 Blakespear et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 711

Unfinished Business SB711 McNerney Urgency Clause Concurrence