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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

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB251 Kalra By Wahab

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB321 Schultz et al. By Wiener

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Special Consent AB323 Fong et al

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB339 Ortega By Durazo

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Special Consent AB343 Pacheco et al

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB352 Pacheco By Ashby

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB399 Boerner et al. By Padilla

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Special Consent AB413 Fong

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Special Consent AB424 Davies

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Special Consent AB480 Quirk-Silva By McNerney

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Special Consent AB486 Lackey

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Special Consent AB489 Bonta et al. By Weber Pierson

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB509 Flora By Rubio

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Special Consent AB542 Celeste Rodriguez

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Special Consent AB563 Jackson

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB568 Macedo By Grove

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB592 Gabriel et al. By Rubio

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Special Consent AB620 Jackson

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Special Consent AB645 Carrillo et al

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Special Consent AB651 Bryan et al

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB681 Elhawary By Pérez

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB697 Wilson By Cabaldon

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Special Consent AB759 Valencia By Ashby

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Special Consent AB774 Bauer-Kahan

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB779 Lackey et al. By Valladares

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Special Consent AB790 Ávila Farías et al

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB830 Rogers By Grove

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB833 Alvarez By Caballero

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Special Consent AB848 Soria

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB931 Kalra By Umberg

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Special Consent AB993 Hadwick

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Special Consent AB996 Pellerin

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB1002 Gabriel et al. By Durazo

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Special Consent AB1046 Bains

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Special Consent AB1067 Quirk-Silva

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Special Consent AB1072 Pellerin

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Special Consent AB1076 Addis

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Special Consent AB1087 Patterson By Niello

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Special Consent AB1134 Bains et al

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB1136 Ortega et al. By Durazo

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Special Consent AB1200 Caloza

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Special Consent AB1225 Bennett et al. By Niello

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Special Consent AB1239 Dixon et al

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Special Consent AB1285 E.M. (Ransom)

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB1299 Bryan et al. By Cortese

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Special Consent AB1306 Muratsuchi

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Special Consent AB1309 Flora By Cabaldon

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB1314 Ahrens By Arreguín

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB1344 Irwin et al. By Arreguín

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB1370 Patterson et al. By Ochoa Bogh