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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
VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 246

Assembly 3rd Reading AB246 Bryan et al. By Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 250

Assembly 3rd Reading AB250 Aguiar-Curry By Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 258

Assembly 3rd Reading AB258 Connolly et al. By Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 260

Assembly 3rd Reading AB260 Aguiar-Curry et al. By Limón Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 263

Assembly 3rd Reading AB263 Rogers et al. By McGuire

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 287

Assembly 3rd Reading AB287 Lackey et al. By Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 288

Assembly 3rd Reading AB288 McKinnor et al. By Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 289

Assembly 3rd Reading AB289 Haney et al. By Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 374

Assembly 3rd Reading AB374 Nguyen et al. By Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 382

Assembly 3rd Reading AB382 Berman By Grayson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 432

Assembly 3rd Reading AB432 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 450

Assembly 3rd Reading AB450 Carrillo et al. By Padilla

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 460

Assembly 3rd Reading AB460 Chen By Valladares

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 461

Assembly 3rd Reading AB461 Ahrens et al. By Pérez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 474

Assembly 3rd Reading AB474 Ward By Ochoa Bogh

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 483

Assembly 3rd Reading AB483 Irwin By Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 512

Assembly 3rd Reading AB512 Harabedian et al. By Becker

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 515

Assembly 3rd Reading AB515 Pacheco By Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 518

Assembly 3rd Reading AB518 Ward et al. By Limón

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 524

Assembly 3rd Reading AB524 Wilson et al. By Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 527

Assembly 3rd Reading AB527 Papan et al. By Limón

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 543

Assembly 3rd Reading AB543 Mark González et al. By Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 554

Assembly 3rd Reading AB554 Mark González et al. By Cabaldon

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 561

Assembly 3rd Reading AB561 Quirk-Silva By Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 573

Assembly 3rd Reading AB573 Rogers et al. By Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 606

Assembly 3rd Reading AB606 Quirk-Silva By Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 621

Assembly 3rd Reading AB621 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 640

Assembly 3rd Reading AB640 Muratsuchi et al. By Pérez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 656

Assembly 3rd Reading AB656 Schiavo et al. By Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 679

Assembly 3rd Reading AB679 Pellerin et al. By Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 682

Assembly 3rd Reading AB682 Ortega et al. By Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 723

Assembly 3rd Reading AB723 Pellerin By Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 727

Assembly 3rd Reading AB727 Mark González et al. By Pérez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 737

Assembly 3rd Reading AB737 Quirk-Silva By Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 742

Assembly 3rd Reading AB742 Elhawary et al. By Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 747

Assembly 3rd Reading AB747 Kalra By Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 752

Assembly 3rd Reading AB752 Ávila Farías By Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 753

Assembly 3rd Reading AB753 Garcia By Reyes Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 761

Assembly 3rd Reading AB761 Addis By Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 770

Assembly 3rd Reading AB770 Mark González et al. By Durazo Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 786

Assembly 3rd Reading AB786 Solache By Gonzalez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 812

Assembly 3rd Reading AB812 Lowenthal et al. By Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 818

Assembly 3rd Reading AB818 Ávila Farías et al. By Cabaldon

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 827

Assembly 3rd Reading AB827 Berman et al. By Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 843

Assembly 3rd Reading AB843 Garcia By Menjivar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 845

Assembly 3rd Reading AB845 Arambula By Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 898

Assembly 3rd Reading AB898 Bryan By Menjivar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 935

Assembly 3rd Reading AB935 Ransom et al. By Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 975

Assembly 3rd Reading AB975 Gallagher By Niello

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 978

Assembly 3rd Reading AB978 Hoover By Strickland