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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 SB 81

Senate 3rd Reading SB81 Arreguín et al. Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 848

Senate 3rd Reading SB848 Pérez

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Voted Yea on SB 80

Senate 3rd Reading SB80 Caballero et al

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Voted Yea on SB 703

Senate 3rd Reading SB703 Richardson

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Voted Yea on SB 787

Senate 3rd Reading SB787 McNerney

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Voted Yea on SB 249

Senate 3rd Reading SB249 Umberg

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Voted Yea on SB 362

Senate 3rd Reading SB362 Grayson

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Voted Yea on SB 22

Senate 3rd Reading SB22 Laird

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 525

Senate 3rd Reading SB525 Jones

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Voted Yea on SB 497

Senate 3rd Reading SB497 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 670

Senate 3rd Reading SB670 Cervantes

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SB 838

Senate 3rd Reading SB838 Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 98

Senate 3rd Reading SB98 Pérez et al. Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 615

Senate 3rd Reading SB615 Allen

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Voted Yea on SB 530

Senate 3rd Reading SB530 Richardson

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Voted Yea on SB 785

Special Consent SB785 Caballero

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Voted Yea on SB 786

Senate 3rd Reading SB786 Arreguín

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Voted Yea on SB 373

Special Consent SB373 Grove et al

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Voted Yea on SB 520

Special Consent SB520 Caballero et al

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Voted Yea on SB 87

Special Consent SB87 Seyarto et al

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Voted Yea on SB 74

Special Consent SB74 Seyarto et al

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Voted Yea on SB 515

Senate 3rd Reading SB515 Richardson

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Voted Yea on SB 514

Special Consent SB514 Cabaldon

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Voted Yea on SB 724

Special Consent SB724 Richardson

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Voted Yea on SB 304

Special Consent SB304 Arreguín

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Voted Yea on SB 246

Special Consent SB246 Grove et al

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Voted Yea on SB 290

Special Consent SB290 Smallwood-Cuevas

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Voted Yea on SB 503

Special Consent SB503 Weber Pierson et al

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Voted Yea on SB 723

Special Consent SB723 Choi et al

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Voted Yea on SB 35

Special Consent SB35 Umberg

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Voted Yea on SB 669

Special Consent SB669 McGuire et al

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Voted Yea on SB 250

Special Consent SB250 Ochoa Bogh

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Voted Yea on SB 493

Senate 3rd Reading SB493 Becker et al

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Voted Yea on SB 385

Senate 3rd Reading SB385 Seyarto et al. Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 461

Special Consent SB461 Padilla

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 293

Special Consent SB293 Pérez

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 452

Special Consent SB452 Weber Pierson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 809

Senate 3rd Reading SB809 Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 450

Senate 3rd Reading SB450 Menjivar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 447

Special Consent SB447 Umberg

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 444

Special Consent SB444 Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 653

Senate 3rd Reading SB653 Cortese

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 391

Special Consent SB391 Laird

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Voted Yea on SB 317

Special Consent SB317 Hurtado et al

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Voted Yea on SB 18

Special Consent SB18 Rubio et al

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Voted Yea on SB 67

Special Consent SB67 Seyarto et al

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Voted Yea on SB 822

Special Consent SB822 Becker

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Voted Yea on SB 648

Special Consent SB648 Smallwood-Cuevas

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Voted Yea on SB 717

Special Consent SB717 Richardson

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Voted Yea on SB 428

Special Consent SB428 Laird et al