
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.
- State Assembly · Assembly District 14 · former
- State Senate · Senate District 9 · 2024–present
- State Assembly · Assembly District 15 · 2022–
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
7,329 events, each with its sourceAssembly 3rd Reading AB1689 Quirk-Silva By Cortese
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1693 Zbur et al. By Grayson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1721 Muratsuchi By Ochoa Bogh
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1751 Quirk-Silva et al. By Arreguín
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1753 Stefani et al. By Blakespear
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1766 Krell By Reyes
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1770 Garcia et al. By Umberg
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1804 Hart et al. By Gonzalez
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1811 Rogers et al. By Menjivar
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1838 Berman
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1842 Harabedian et al. By Grayson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1856 Wicks By Padilla
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1857 Aguiar-Curry et al. By Richardson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1886 Elhawary By Cortese
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1889 Ramos By Rubio
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1901 Berman By McGuire
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1917 Schultz By Arreguín
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1930 Zbur et al. By Umberg
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1931 Papan By Padilla
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1946 Wicks et al. By Gonzalez
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1979 Bonta By Cabaldon
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2006 Michelle Rodriguez By Laird
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2007 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Cervantes
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2030 Lowenthal et al. By Weber Pierson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2038 Harabedian et al. By Pérez
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2050 Caloza et al. By Laird
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2078 Rogers By Laird
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2089 Ward By Grayson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2113 McKinnor et al. By Richardson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2122 Kalra et al. By Pérez
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2124 Pacheco et al. By Hurtado
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2146 Stefani et al. By Arreguín
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2157 Connolly et al. By Grayson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2166 Carrillo et al. By Cabaldon
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2174 Johnson By Valladares
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2181 Zbur et al. By Durazo
Special Consent AB2185 Quirk-Silva et al. By Cabaldon
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2195 Celeste Rodriguez By Reyes
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2206 Fong By Reyes
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2241 Boerner et al. By McNerney
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2247 Elhawary et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2270 Arambula et al. By Arreguín
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2278 Ávila Farías By Ochoa Bogh
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2296 Papan By Grayson
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2301 Soria By Reyes
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2314 Rogers et al. By Ochoa Bogh
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2316 Hoover By Valladares
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2374 Fong et al. By Reyes
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2378 Gabriel et al. By Blakespear
Assembly 3rd Reading AB2392 Fong By Ochoa Bogh