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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
VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 822

Assembly 3rd Reading AB822 Elhawary By Cabaldon

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Voted Yea on AB 828

Assembly 3rd Reading AB828 Mark González By Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 831

Assembly 3rd Reading AB831 Valencia By Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 836

Assembly 3rd Reading AB836 Stefani et al. By Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 867

Assembly 3rd Reading AB867 Lee et al. By Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 890

Assembly 3rd Reading AB890 Lee et al. By Ochoa Bogh

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 899

Assembly 3rd Reading AB899 Ransom By Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 930

Assembly 3rd Reading AB930 Ward By Cervantes

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Voted Yea on AB 952

Assembly 3rd Reading AB952 Elhawary By Seyarto

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 953

Assembly 3rd Reading AB953 Pacheco et al. By Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1041

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1041 Bennett et al. By Menjivar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1075

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1075 Bryan et al. By Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1103

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1103 Ward By Padilla

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Voted Yea on AB 1123

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1123 Muratsuchi By Limón

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1269

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1269 Bryan et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1296

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1296 Bonta et al. By Cabaldon

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1303

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1303 Valencia et al. By Gonzalez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1312

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1312 Schiavo By Pérez

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Voted Yea on AB 1318

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1318 Bonta et al. By McNerney Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on AB 1326

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1326 Ahrens By Becker

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Voted Yea on AB 1329

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1329 Ortega By Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1340

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1340 Wicks et al. By Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1348

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1348 Bains By Pérez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1378

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1378 Rogers et al. By Arreguín

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Voted Yea on AB 1423

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1423 Irwin By McNerney

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1511

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1511 ELECTIONS (Pellerin) By Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1513

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1513 ELECTIONS (Pellerin) By Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1514

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1514 L. & E. (Ortega) By Smallwood-Cuevas

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1521

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1521 JUD. (Kalra) By Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1531

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1531 E.M. (Ransom) By Padilla

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1532

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1532 C. & C. (Boerner) By McNerney Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1533

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1533 Wicks By Caballero Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 62

Unfinished Business SB62 Menjivar et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 221

Unfinished Business SB221 Ochoa Bogh et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 358

Unfinished Business SB358 Becker Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 362

Unfinished Business SB362 Grayson Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 484

Unfinished Business SB484 Laird Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 639

Unfinished Business SB639 Ashby Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 653

Unfinished Business SB653 Cortese et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 783

Unfinished Business SB783 Rubio et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 785

Unfinished Business SB785 Caballero Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 862

Unfinished Business SB862 HEALTH (Menjivar) Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 863

Unfinished Business SB863 REV. & TAX. (McNerney) Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 42

Special Consent AB42 Bryan

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 79

Special Consent AB79 Arambula By Pérez

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Voted Yea on AB 81

Special Consent AB81 Ta et al. By Grove

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Voted Yea on AB 88

Special Consent AB88 Ta et al. By Seyarto

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 94

Assembly 3rd Reading AB94 Bennett By Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 220

Special Consent AB220 Jackson et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 239

Assembly 3rd Reading AB239 Harabedian et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause