
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 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
Assembly 3rd Reading AB251 Kalra By Wahab
Assembly 3rd Reading AB321 Schultz et al. By Wiener
Special Consent AB323 Fong et al
Assembly 3rd Reading AB339 Ortega By Durazo
Special Consent AB343 Pacheco et al
Assembly 3rd Reading AB352 Pacheco By Ashby
Assembly 3rd Reading AB399 Boerner et al. By Padilla
Special Consent AB413 Fong
Special Consent AB424 Davies
Special Consent AB480 Quirk-Silva By McNerney
Special Consent AB486 Lackey
Special Consent AB489 Bonta et al. By Weber Pierson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB509 Flora By Rubio
Special Consent AB542 Celeste Rodriguez
Special Consent AB563 Jackson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB568 Macedo By Grove
Assembly 3rd Reading AB592 Gabriel et al. By Rubio
Special Consent AB620 Jackson
Special Consent AB645 Carrillo et al
Special Consent AB651 Bryan et al
Assembly 3rd Reading AB681 Elhawary By Pérez
Assembly 3rd Reading AB697 Wilson By Cabaldon
Special Consent AB759 Valencia By Ashby
Special Consent AB774 Bauer-Kahan