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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 SB 479

Unfinished Business SB479 Arreguín Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 692

Unfinished Business SB692 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 874

Unfinished Business SB874 Weber Pierson Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 977

Unfinished Business SB977 Weber Pierson Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 990

Unfinished Business SB990 Grove Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1029

Unfinished Business SB1029 Seyarto et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1030

Unfinished Business SB1030 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1049

Unfinished Business SB1049 Weber Pierson et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1056

Unfinished Business SB1056 Grayson et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1059

Unfinished Business SB1059 Archuleta Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1073

Unfinished Business SB1073 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1093

Unfinished Business SB1093 Allen Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1172

Unfinished Business SB1172 Hurtado Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1186

Unfinished Business SB1186 Seyarto et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1187

Unfinished Business SB1187 Durazo Urgency Clause Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1191

Unfinished Business SB1191 Ochoa Bogh et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1264

Unfinished Business SB1264 Valladares Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1328

Unfinished Business SB1328 Cervantes Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1349

Unfinished Business SB1349 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1354

Unfinished Business SB1354 Archuleta et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1364

Unfinished Business SB1364 Menjivar et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on AB 52

Assembly 3rd Reading AB52 Aguiar-Curry By Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 375

Special Consent AB375 Nguyen

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Voted Yea on AB 431

Special Consent AB431 Wilson et al. By Caballero

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 501

Special Consent AB501 Papan By Umberg

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Voted Yea on AB 647

Special Consent AB647 Mark González By Arreguín

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1126

Special Consent AB1126 Patterson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1149

Special Consent AB1149 Jackson By Reyes Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1153

Special Consent AB1153 Bonta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1265

Special Consent AB1265 Haney

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1328

Special Consent AB1328 Michelle Rodriguez

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Voted Yea on AB 1486

Special Consent AB1486 Soria et al

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Voted Yea on AB 1519

Special Consent AB1519 Gipson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1544

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1544 Krell et al. By Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1555

Special Consent AB1555 Hadwick et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1573

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1573 Bryan et al. By Wahab

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1591

Special Consent AB1591 Michelle Rodriguez By Caballero

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Voted Yea on AB 1592

Special Consent AB1592 Ramos et al

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Voted Yea on AB 1610

Special Consent AB1610 Ransom By Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1617

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1617 Alanis By Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1655

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1655 Bryan et al. By Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1668

Special Consent AB1668 Pellerin By Allen

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Voted Yea on AB 1705

Special Consent AB1705 Bauer-Kahan et al

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Voted Yea on AB 1728

Special Consent AB1728 Alanis By Reyes

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Voted Yea on AB 1732

Special Consent AB1732 Alvarez et al. By Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1738

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1738 Carrillo et al. By Wiener

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Voted Yea on AB 1743

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1743 Wicks et al. By Grayson

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Voted Yea on AB 1744

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1744 Addis et al. By Stern

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1749

Special Consent AB1749 Dixon

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1758

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1758 Nguyen By Umberg