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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

7,521 events, each with its source
VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2541

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2541 Mark González et al. By Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2571

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2571 Flora By Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2589

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2589 Irwin et al. By Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2599

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2599 Bryan et al. By Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2646

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2646 Krell By Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2682

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2682 Berman et al. By Reyes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2691

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2691 Addis et al. By Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2706

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2706 Soria By Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2768

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2768 Ahrens et al. By Pérez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2771

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2771 Berman By Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2775

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2775 Berman By Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2776

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2776 E.S. & T.M. (Connolly) By Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2776

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2776 E.S. & T.M. (Connolly) By Blakespear Reconsider

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 2790

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2790 C. & C. (Boerner) By Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 222

Unfinished Business SB222 Wiener et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 501

Unfinished Business SB501 Allen Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 503

Unfinished Business SB503 Weber Pierson et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 542

Unfinished Business SB542 Limón Urgency Clause Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 661

That the Assembly amendments be concurred in

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 742

Unfinished Business SB742 Pérez et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 904

Unfinished Business SB904 Seyarto et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 948

Unfinished Business SB948 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 950

Unfinished Business SB950 Weber Pierson et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 964

Unfinished Business SB964 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 999

Unfinished Business SB999 Weber Pierson Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1012

Unfinished Business SB1012 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1023

Unfinished Business SB1023 Laird et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1023

Unfinished Business SB1023 Laird et al. Concurrence Reconsider

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1023

Unfinished Business SB1023 Laird et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1037

Unfinished Business SB1037 Weber Pierson Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1117

Unfinished Business SB1117 Cervantes et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1166

Unfinished Business SB1166 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1218

Unfinished Business SB1218 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1220

Unfinished Business SB1220 Hurtado Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1261

Unfinished Business SB1261 Laird et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1267

Unfinished Business SB1267 Allen Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1279

Unfinished Business SB1279 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1283

Unfinished Business SB1283 Ashby Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1288

Unfinished Business SB1288 Laird et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1299

Unfinished Business SB1299 Arreguín Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1412

Unfinished Business SB1412 Rubio Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1417

Unfinished Business SB1417 Pérez et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 31

Assembly 3rd Reading AB31 Ramos By Archuleta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 686

Assembly 3rd Reading AB686 Berman et al. By Allen

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 708

Assembly 3rd Reading AB708 Valencia et al. By Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 744

Assembly 3rd Reading AB744 Michelle Rodriguez By Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 760

Assembly 3rd Reading AB760 Ta et al. By Umberg

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 1116

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1116 Berman et al. By Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1130

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1130 Berman et al. By Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1180

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1180 Valencia By Niello