
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 AB779 Lackey et al. By Valladares
Special Consent AB790 Ávila Farías et al
Assembly 3rd Reading AB830 Rogers By Grove
Assembly 3rd Reading AB833 Alvarez By Caballero
Special Consent AB848 Soria
Assembly 3rd Reading AB931 Kalra By Umberg
Special Consent AB993 Hadwick
Special Consent AB996 Pellerin
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1002 Gabriel et al. By Durazo
Special Consent AB1046 Bains
Special Consent AB1067 Quirk-Silva
Special Consent AB1072 Pellerin
Special Consent AB1076 Addis
Special Consent AB1087 Patterson By Niello
Special Consent AB1134 Bains et al
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1136 Ortega et al. By Durazo
Special Consent AB1200 Caloza
Special Consent AB1225 Bennett et al. By Niello
Special Consent AB1239 Dixon et al
Special Consent AB1285 E.M. (Ransom)
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1299 Bryan et al. By Cortese
Special Consent AB1306 Muratsuchi
Special Consent AB1309 Flora By Cabaldon
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1314 Ahrens By Arreguín
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1344 Irwin et al. By Arreguín
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1370 Patterson et al. By Ochoa Bogh
Assembly 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