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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
VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 798

Assembly 3rd Reading AB798 Calderon et al. By Limón

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 851

Assembly 3rd Reading AB851 McKinnor By Pérez Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 858

Assembly 3rd Reading AB858 Lee et al. By Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 889

Assembly 3rd Reading AB889 Hadwick et al. By Limón

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 940

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 961

Assembly 3rd Reading AB961 Ávila Farías et al. By Grayson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1050

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1050 Schultz et al. By Grayson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1064

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1064 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1069

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1069 Bains et al. By Limón

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1152

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1152 Patterson By Valladares

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1172

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1172 Nguyen et al. By Grayson

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 1319

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1319 Schultz et al. By Limón

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1324

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1324 Sharp-Collins et al. By Limón

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1332

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1332 Ahrens By Stern

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1362

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1362 Kalra et al. By Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1445

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1445 Haney et al. By Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1430

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1430 Bennett By Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1466

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1466 Hart By Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1527

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1527 Soria et al. By Hurtado Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1529

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1529 H. & C.D. (Haney) By Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 3

Unfinished Business SB3 Cervantes et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 30

Unfinished Business SB30 Cortese et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 41

Unfinished Business SB41 Wiener et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 71

Unfinished Business SB71 Wiener et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 241

Unfinished Business SB241 Cervantes Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 250

Unfinished Business SB250 Ochoa Bogh Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 253

Unfinished Business SB253 Umberg et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 257

Unfinished Business SB257 Wahab et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 263

Unfinished Business SB263 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 283

Unfinished Business SB283 Laird et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 304

Unfinished Business SB304 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 312

Unfinished Business SB312 Umberg et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 333

Unfinished Business SB333 Laird et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 338

Unfinished Business SB338 Becker et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 359

Unfinished Business SB359 Niello Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 369

Unfinished Business SB369 Padilla Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 371

Unfinished Business SB371 Cabaldon et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 388

Unfinished Business SB388 Padilla et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 398

Unfinished Business SB398 Umberg et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 410

Unfinished Business SB410 Grayson Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 413

Unfinished Business SB413 Allen Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 464

Unfinished Business SB464 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 471

Unfinished Business SB471 Menjivar Urgency Clause Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 482

Unfinished Business SB482 Weber Pierson Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 486

Unfinished Business SB486 Cabaldon Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 497

Unfinished Business SB497 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 499

Unfinished Business SB499 Stern Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 516

Unfinished Business SB516 Ashby Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 518

Unfinished Business SB518 Weber Pierson et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 524

Unfinished Business SB524 Arreguín et al. Concurrence