
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 AB1374 Berman et al. By Umberg
Special Consent AB1398 Valencia
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1415 Bonta et al. By Menjivar
Special Consent AB1438 Gallagher By Ochoa Bogh Urgency Clause
Special Consent AB1508 M. & V.A. (Schiavo) By Menjivar
Unfinished Business SB31 McNerney et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB230 Laird et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB276 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB412 Limón et al. Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB443 Rubio Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB489 Arreguín Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB617 Arreguín Concurrence
Unfinished Business SB782 Pérez Urgency Clause Concurrence
Assembly 3rd Reading AB30 Alvarez et al. By Richardson Urgency Clause
Assembly 3rd Reading AB43 Schultz By Laird
Assembly 3rd Reading AB221 Ramos et al. By Richardson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB224 Bonta et al. By Menjivar
Assembly 3rd Reading AB248 Bryan et al. By Becker
Assembly 3rd Reading AB293 Bennett By Hurtado
Assembly 3rd Reading AB309 Zbur et al. By Padilla Final Vote
Assembly 3rd Reading AB310 Alanis et al. By Valladares
Assembly 3rd Reading AB348 Krell et al. By Ashby
Assembly 3rd Reading AB361 Schultz By Pérez
Assembly 3rd Reading AB365 Schiavo By Durazo
Assembly 3rd Reading AB373 Blanca Rubio By Arreguín
Assembly 3rd Reading AB406 Schiavo By Smallwood-Cuevas Urgency Clause
Assembly 3rd Reading AB416 Krell et al. By Menjivar
Assembly 3rd Reading AB417 Carrillo By Durazo
Assembly 3rd Reading AB428 Blanca Rubio By McNerney
Assembly 3rd Reading AB439 Rogers By Allen
Assembly 3rd Reading AB454 Kalra et al. By Allen Urgency Clause
Assembly 3rd Reading AB455 Ortega By Menjivar
Assembly 3rd Reading AB471 Hart et al. By Laird
Assembly 3rd Reading AB519 Berman et al. By Umberg
Assembly 3rd Reading AB523 Irwin By Stern
Assembly 3rd Reading AB578 Bauer-Kahan By Durazo
Assembly 3rd Reading AB593 Wicks By Arreguín
Assembly 3rd Reading AB602 Haney By Weber Pierson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB615 Davies et al. By Laird
Assembly 3rd Reading AB639 Soria By Caballero
Assembly 3rd Reading AB663 McKinnor By Rubio Urgency Clause
Assembly 3rd Reading AB689 Blanca Rubio By Cabaldon
Assembly 3rd Reading AB712 Wicks By Caballero
Assembly 3rd Reading AB734 Schultz et al. By Allen
Assembly 3rd Reading AB754 Connolly By Umberg
Assembly 3rd Reading AB769 Wilson By Arreguín
Assembly 3rd Reading AB792 Lee By Durazo
Assembly 3rd Reading AB806 Connolly et al. By Allen
Assembly 3rd Reading AB821 Gipson By Pérez
Assembly 3rd Reading AB823 Boerner et al. By Gonzalez