
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.
- State Assembly · Assembly District 14 · former
- State Senate · Senate District 9 · 2024–present
- State Assembly · Assembly District 15 · 2022–
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 sourceAssembly 3rd Reading AB798 Calderon et al. By Limón
Assembly 3rd Reading AB851 McKinnor By Pérez Urgency Clause
Assembly 3rd Reading AB858 Lee et al. By Durazo
Assembly 3rd Reading AB889 Hadwick et al. By Limón
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Assembly 3rd Reading AB961 Ávila Farías et al. By Grayson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1050 Schultz et al. By Grayson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1064 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Ashby
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1069 Bains et al. By Limón
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1152 Patterson By Valladares
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1172 Nguyen et al. By Grayson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1319 Schultz et al. By Limón
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1324 Sharp-Collins et al. By Limón
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1332 Ahrens By Stern
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1362 Kalra et al. By Laird
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1445 Haney et al. By Ashby
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1430 Bennett By Durazo
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1466 Hart By Laird
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1527 Soria et al. By Hurtado Urgency Clause
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1529 H. & C.D. (Haney) By Wahab
Unfinished Business SB3 Cervantes et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB30 Cortese et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB41 Wiener et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB71 Wiener et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB241 Cervantes Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB250 Ochoa Bogh Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB253 Umberg et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB257 Wahab et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB263 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB283 Laird et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB304 Arreguín et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB312 Umberg et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB333 Laird et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB338 Becker et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB359 Niello Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB369 Padilla Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB371 Cabaldon et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB388 Padilla et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB398 Umberg et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB410 Grayson Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB413 Allen Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB464 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB471 Menjivar Urgency Clause Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB482 Weber Pierson Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB486 Cabaldon Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB497 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB499 Stern Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB516 Ashby Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB518 Weber Pierson et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB524 Arreguín et al. Concurrence