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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

7,786 events, each with its source
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Voted Yea on AB 1136

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Special Consent SCR25 Blakespear et al

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Voted Yea on SR 58

Senate 3rd Reading SR58 Blakespear et al

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Voted Yea on SR 54

Special Consent SR54 Choi et al

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Voted Yea on SR 53

Senate 3rd Reading SR53 Rubio et al. By Cortese

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Voted Yea on SR 51

Senate 3rd Reading SR51 Becker et al

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Voted Yea on SR 50

Special Consent SR50 Archuleta et al

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Voted Yea on AB 1119

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1119 Patel

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Voted Yea on ACR 30

Assembly 3rd Reading ACR30 Jackson et al

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Voted Yea on AB 524

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Voted Yea on AB 521

Consent Calendar 2nd AB521 Carrillo

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Voted Yea on AB 246

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Voted Yea on AB 518

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Voted Yea on SCR 11

Senate 3rd Reading SCR11 Cervantes

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Voted Yea on AB 498

Consent Calendar 2nd AB498 Michelle Rodriguez

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Voted Yea on AB 487

Consent Calendar 2nd AB487 INS. (Calderon)

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Voted Yea on AB 480

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Voted Yea on AB 977

Consent Calendar 2nd AB977 Ramos et al

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Voted Yea on SB 85

Special Consent SB85 Umberg

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Voted Yea on AB 457

Consent Calendar 2nd AB457 Soria et al

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Voted Yea on AB 920

Consent Calendar 2nd AB920 Caloza et al

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Voted Yea on AB 447

Consent Calendar 2nd AB447 Mark González

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Voted Yea on SCR 96

Senate 3rd Reading SCR96 Wahab et al

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Voted Yea on AB 899

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Voted Yea on AB 891

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Voted Yea on AB 875

Consent Calendar 2nd AB875 Muratsuchi et al

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Voted Yea on AB 420

Consent Calendar 2nd AB420 Petrie-Norris

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Voted Yea on AB 418

Consent Calendar 2nd AB418 Wilson et al. By Seyarto

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Voted Yea on ACA 8

Assembly 3rd Reading ACA8 Rivas et al. By McGuire

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Voted Yea on AB 604

Assembly 3rd Reading AB604 Aguiar-Curry et al. By Gonzalez Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 280

Unfinished Business SB280 Cervantes et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

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Voted Yea on AB 604

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Voted Yea on AB 841

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Voted Yea on AB 836

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Voted Yea on AB 416

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Voted Yea on AB 831

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Voted Yea on AB 88

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Voted Yea on AB 830

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Voted Yea on AB 411

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Voted Yea on AB 410

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Voted Yea on AB 825

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Voted Yea on AB 824

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Voted Yea on AB 822

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Voted Yea on AB 84

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Voted Yea on AB 812

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Voted Yea on AB 806

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Voted Yea on AB 394

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Voted Yea on AB 82

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Voted Yea on AB 797

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Voted Yea on AB 392

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