
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
7,365 events, each with its sourceAssembly 3rd Reading AB822 Elhawary By Cabaldon
Assembly 3rd Reading AB828 Mark González By Durazo
Assembly 3rd Reading AB831 Valencia By Cervantes
Assembly 3rd Reading AB836 Stefani et al. By Caballero
Assembly 3rd Reading AB867 Lee et al. By Arreguín
Assembly 3rd Reading AB890 Lee et al. By Ochoa Bogh
Assembly 3rd Reading AB899 Ransom By Caballero
Assembly 3rd Reading AB930 Ward By Cervantes
Assembly 3rd Reading AB952 Elhawary By Seyarto
Assembly 3rd Reading AB953 Pacheco et al. By Umberg
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1041 Bennett et al. By Menjivar
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1075 Bryan et al. By Cervantes
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1103 Ward By Padilla
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1123 Muratsuchi By Limón
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1269 Bryan et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas Urgency Clause
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1296 Bonta et al. By Cabaldon
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1303 Valencia et al. By Gonzalez
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1312 Schiavo By Pérez
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1318 Bonta et al. By McNerney Urgency Clause
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1326 Ahrens By Becker
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1329 Ortega By Caballero
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1340 Wicks et al. By Cortese
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1348 Bains By Pérez
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1378 Rogers et al. By Arreguín
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1423 Irwin By McNerney
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1511 ELECTIONS (Pellerin) By Cervantes
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1513 ELECTIONS (Pellerin) By Cervantes
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1514 L. & E. (Ortega) By Smallwood-Cuevas
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1521 JUD. (Kalra) By Umberg
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1531 E.M. (Ransom) By Padilla
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1532 C. & C. (Boerner) By McNerney Urgency Clause
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1533 Wicks By Caballero Urgency Clause
Unfinished Business SB62 Menjivar et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB221 Ochoa Bogh et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB358 Becker Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB362 Grayson Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB484 Laird Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB639 Ashby Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB653 Cortese et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB783 Rubio et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB785 Caballero Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB862 HEALTH (Menjivar) Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB863 REV. & TAX. (McNerney) Concurrence
Special Consent AB42 Bryan
Special Consent AB79 Arambula By Pérez
Special Consent AB81 Ta et al. By Grove
Special Consent AB88 Ta et al. By Seyarto
Assembly 3rd Reading AB94 Bennett By Umberg
Special Consent AB220 Jackson et al
Assembly 3rd Reading AB239 Harabedian et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause