
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 sourceUnfinished Business SB530 Richardson et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB576 Umberg et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB580 Durazo Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB582 Stern et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB590 Durazo et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB593 Hurtado Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB610 Pérez et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB631 Richardson Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB634 Pérez et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB640 Cabaldon et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB660 Menjivar et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB702 Limón et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB748 Richardson et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB754 Durazo Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB791 Cortese et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB800 Reyes et al. Concurrence
Assembly 3rd Reading AB7 Bryan et al. By Richardson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB44 Schultz By McNerney
Assembly 3rd Reading AB14 Hart et al. By Limón
Assembly 3rd Reading AB36 Soria By Padilla
Assembly 3rd Reading AB39 Zbur et al. By Limón
Assembly 3rd Reading AB64 Pacheco et al. By Limón
Assembly 3rd Reading AB76 Alvarez By Padilla
Assembly 3rd Reading AB82 Ward et al. By Wiener
Assembly 3rd Reading AB86 Boerner By Ashby
Assembly 3rd Reading AB246 Bryan et al. By Wahab
Assembly 3rd Reading AB250 Aguiar-Curry By Laird
Assembly 3rd Reading AB258 Connolly et al. By Laird
Assembly 3rd Reading AB260 Aguiar-Curry et al. By Limón Urgency Clause
Assembly 3rd Reading AB263 Rogers et al. By McGuire
Assembly 3rd Reading AB287 Lackey et al. By Umberg
Assembly 3rd Reading AB288 McKinnor et al. By Umberg
Assembly 3rd Reading AB289 Haney et al. By Cortese
Assembly 3rd Reading AB374 Nguyen et al. By Cervantes
Assembly 3rd Reading AB382 Berman By Grayson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB432 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Rubio
Assembly 3rd Reading AB450 Carrillo et al. By Padilla
Assembly 3rd Reading AB460 Chen By Valladares
Assembly 3rd Reading AB461 Ahrens et al. By Pérez
Assembly 3rd Reading AB474 Ward By Ochoa Bogh
Assembly 3rd Reading AB483 Irwin By Laird
Assembly 3rd Reading AB512 Harabedian et al. By Becker
Assembly 3rd Reading AB515 Pacheco By Umberg
Assembly 3rd Reading AB518 Ward et al. By Limón
Assembly 3rd Reading AB524 Wilson et al. By Hurtado
Assembly 3rd Reading AB527 Papan et al. By Limón
Assembly 3rd Reading AB543 Mark González et al. By Rubio
Assembly 3rd Reading AB554 Mark González et al. By Cabaldon
Assembly 3rd Reading AB561 Quirk-Silva By Allen
Assembly 3rd Reading AB573 Rogers et al. By Rubio