
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 AB1455 Bryan By Becker Urgency Clause
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1487 Addis et al. By Menjivar
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1501 Berman By Ashby
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1502 Berman By Ashby
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1503 Berman et al. By Ashby
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1504 Berman By Ashby
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1520 W., P., & W. (Papan) By Limón
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1525 JUD. (Kalra) By Reyes
Unfinished Business SB5 Cabaldon Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB20 Menjivar et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB21 Durazo et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB40 Wiener et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB50 Ashby Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB68 Menjivar Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB86 McNerney et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB261 Wahab et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB262 Wahab et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB275 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB278 Cabaldon et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB279 McNerney et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB291 Grayson Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB301 Grayson Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB306 Becker Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB340 Laird et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB355 Pérez et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB386 Limón Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB411 Pérez et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB419 Caballero et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB437 Weber Pierson et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB454 McNerney et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB504 Laird et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB514 Cabaldon Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB551 Cortese et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB567 Limón Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB597 Cortese Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB625 Wahab et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB642 Limón et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB676 Limón et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB701 Wahab et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB704 Arreguín et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB734 Caballero Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB778 Limón Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB786 Arreguín et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB827 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence
Assembly 3rd Reading AB5 Berman et al. By Allen
Assembly 3rd Reading AB15 Gipson et al. By Richardson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB60 Papan By Weber Pierson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB50 Bonta By Ashby Urgency Clause
Assembly 3rd Reading AB55 Bonta et al. By Caballero