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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
VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 686

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SCR 54

San Francisco Bar Pilots.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 486

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

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SR 36

Relative to the Paris Accords.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 340

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 44

Senate 3rd Reading SCR44 Valladares

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 22

Senate 3rd Reading SCR22 Alvarado-Gil

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 272

Consent Calendar 2nd SB272 Becker

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 241

Consent Calendar 2nd SB241 Cervantes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 230

Consent Calendar 2nd SB230 Laird et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 26

Unfinished Business SB26 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 18

Senate 3rd Reading SCR18 Archuleta et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 29

Senate 3rd Reading SR29 Arreguín et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 229

Consent Calendar 2nd SB229 Alvarado-Gil

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 39

Consent Calendar 2nd SB39 Weber Pierson Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 302

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 296

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 86

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 731

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 480

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 467

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 349

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 272

Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 263

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development]

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 76

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

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 10

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

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SCR 41

Senate 3rd Reading SCR41 Ashby et al

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SCR 39

Senate 3rd Reading SCR39 Durazo et al

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SCR 32

Senate 3rd Reading SCR32 Allen

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on SR 22

Senate 3rd Reading SR22 Wiener et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 38

Senate 3rd Reading SCR38 Grove et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SCR 35

Senate 3rd Reading SCR35 Grayson

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 26

Senate 3rd Reading SR26 Padilla et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 24

Senate 3rd Reading SR24 Wahab et al

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SR 13

Senate 3rd Reading SR13 Archuleta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 219

Senate 3rd Reading SB219 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 218

Senate 3rd Reading SB218 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 217

Senate 3rd Reading SB217 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 216

Senate 3rd Reading SB216 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 215

Senate 3rd Reading SB215 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 214

Senate 3rd Reading SB214 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 213

Senate 3rd Reading SB213 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 212

Senate 3rd Reading SB212 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 211

Senate 3rd Reading SB211 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 210

Senate 3rd Reading SB210 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 209

Senate 3rd Reading SB209 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 208

Senate 3rd Reading SB208 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 207

Senate 3rd Reading SB207 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 206

Senate 3rd Reading SB206 B. & F.R. (Wiener)

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 205

Senate 3rd Reading SB205 B. & F.R. (Wiener)