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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
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Voted Yea on SB 549

Senate 3rd Reading SB549 Allen

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Special Consent SB70 Seyarto

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Special Consent SB302 Padilla et al

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Voted Yea on SB 364

Special Consent SB364 Strickland

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Voted Yea on SB 236

Special Consent SB236 Weber Pierson

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Voted Yea on SB 411

Senate 3rd Reading SB411 Pérez

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Voted Yea on SB 409

Senate 3rd Reading SB409 Archuleta

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Voted Yea on SB 283

Senate 3rd Reading SB283 Laird

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Voted Yea on SB 40

Senate 3rd Reading SB40 Wiener et al

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Voted Yea on SB 844

Senate 3rd Reading SB844 Rubio

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Voted Yea on SB 535

Senate 3rd Reading SB535 Richardson

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Voted Yea on SB 617

Senate 3rd Reading SB617 Arreguín

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Voted Absent on SB 57

Senate 3rd Reading SB57 Padilla et al

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Voted Yea on SB 624

Senate 3rd Reading SB624 Caballero et al

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Voted Yea on SB 769

Senate 3rd Reading SB769 Caballero

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Voted Yea on SB 839

Senate 3rd Reading SB839 Laird

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Voted Yea on SB 418

Senate 3rd Reading SB418 Menjivar

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Voted Yea on SB 69

Senate 3rd Reading SB69 McNerney et al

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Voted Yea on SB 551

Senate 3rd Reading SB551 Cortese et al

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Voted Yea on SB 334

Senate 3rd Reading SB334 Reyes

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Voted Yea on SB 812

Senate 3rd Reading SB812 Allen

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Voted Yea on SB 711

Senate 3rd Reading SB711 McNerney Urgency Clause

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Senate 3rd Reading SB337 Menjivar

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Voted Yea on SB 487

Senate 3rd Reading SB487 Grayson

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Senate 3rd Reading SB291 Grayson

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Voted Yea on SB 577

Senate 3rd Reading SB577 Laird et al

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Voted Yea on SB 92

Senate 3rd Reading SB92 Blakespear et al

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Voted Yea on SB 631

Senate 3rd Reading SB631 Richardson

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Voted Yea on SB 41

Senate 3rd Reading SB41 Wiener et al

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Voted Yea on SB 734

Senate 3rd Reading SB734 Caballero Reconsider

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Voted Yea on SB 697

Senate 3rd Reading SB697 Laird

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Voted Yea on SB 301

Senate 3rd Reading SB301 Grayson

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Voted Yea on SB 640

Senate 3rd Reading SB640 Cabaldon et al

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Voted Yea on SB 576

Senate 3rd Reading SB576 Umberg et al

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Voted Yea on SB 827

Senate 3rd Reading SB827 Gonzalez et al

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Voted Yea on SB 253

Senate 3rd Reading SB253 Umberg

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Voted Yea on SB 306

Senate 3rd Reading SB306 Becker

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Voted Yea on SB 294

Senate 3rd Reading SB294 Reyes et al

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Voted Yea on SB 715

Senate 3rd Reading SB715 Allen et al

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Voted Absent on SB 499

Senate 3rd Reading SB499 Stern

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Voted Yea on SB 572

Senate 3rd Reading SB572 Gonzalez

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Voted Yea on SB 572

Senate 3rd Reading SB572 Gonzalez Reconsider

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Voted Yea on SB 572

Senate 3rd Reading SB572 Gonzalez

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Voted Yea on SB 363

Senate 3rd Reading SB363 Wiener et al

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Voted Yea on SB 770

Senate 3rd Reading SB770 Allen

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Voted Yea on SB 646

Senate 3rd Reading SB646 Weber Pierson

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Voted Yea on SB 674

Senate 3rd Reading SB674 Cabaldon et al

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Voted Yea on SB 445

Senate 3rd Reading SB445 Wiener et al

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Voted Yea on SB 782

Senate 3rd Reading SB782 Pérez Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on SB 446

Senate 3rd Reading SB446 Hurtado