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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

7,629 events, each with its source
VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 896

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1341

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SJR 7

Be adopted. Ordered to third reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1178

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 797

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 266

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 393

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 378

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1138

Do pass

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 251

Placed on suspense file

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 559

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 562

Placed on suspense file

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 686

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 1504

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 1502

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 413

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 140

Unfinished Business SB140 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 139

Unfinished Business SB139 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AJR 10

Assembly 3rd Reading AJR10 Rogers et al. By Limón

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 131

Unfinished Business SB131 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 1501

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 129

Unfinished Business SB129 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 55

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1293

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1296

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1220

Placed on suspense file

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 130

Assembly 3rd Reading AB130 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1390

Placed on suspense file

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 957

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 519

Do pass as amended

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 21

Consent Calendar 2nd ACR21 Flora

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 127

Unfinished Business SB127 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 124

Unfinished Business SB124 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1177

Consent Calendar 2nd AB1177 Connolly

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 233

Consent Calendar 2nd AB233 Gipson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 79

Consent Calendar 2nd SCR79 McGuire

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 136

Assembly 3rd Reading AB136 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 77

Special Consent SCR77 Seyarto et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 584

Consent Calendar 2nd AB584 Hadwick

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 751

Consent Calendar 2nd AB751 Gipson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 142

Unfinished Business SB142 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Urgency Clause Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 141

Unfinished Business SB141 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 143

Assembly 3rd Reading AB143 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 120

Unfinished Business SB120 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 103

Unfinished Business SB103 Wiener Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 132

Unfinished Business SB132 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 121

Assembly 3rd Reading AB121 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 137

Assembly 3rd Reading AB137 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 655

Consent Calendar 2nd AB655 Alvarez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 134

Assembly 3rd Reading AB134 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener