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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

7,329 events, each with its source
VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1125

Unfinished Business SB1125 Menjivar et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1135

Unfinished Business SB1135 Blakespear et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1237

Unfinished Business SB1237 Blakespear et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1244

Unfinished Business SB1244 Allen et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 28

Assembly 3rd Reading AB28 Schiavo et al. By Blakespear

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Voted Yea on AB 40

Assembly 3rd Reading AB40 Bonta et al. By Arreguín

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Voted Yea on AB 302

Assembly 3rd Reading AB302 Bauer-Kahan By Stern

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Voted Yea on AB 395

Assembly 3rd Reading AB395 Gabriel et al. By Ashby

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Voted Yea on AB 502

Assembly 3rd Reading AB502 Pellerin et al. By Blakespear Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on AB 539

Assembly 3rd Reading AB539 Schiavo By Weber Pierson

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Voted Yea on AB 550

Assembly 3rd Reading AB550 Petrie-Norris By Becker

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Voted Yea on AB 643

Assembly 3rd Reading AB643 Wilson By Padilla

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Voted Yea on AB 672

Assembly 3rd Reading AB672 Caloza By Grayson

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Voted Yea on AB 739

Assembly 3rd Reading AB739 Jackson By Arreguín

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Voted Yea on AB 750

Assembly 3rd Reading AB750 Quirk-Silva et al. By Caballero

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Voted Yea on AB 762

Assembly 3rd Reading AB762 Irwin By Blakespear

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Voted Yea on AB 801

Assembly 3rd Reading AB801 Bonta et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas

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Voted Yea on AB 817

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

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Voted Yea on AB 880

Assembly 3rd Reading AB880 Bennett et al. By Rubio

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Voted Yea on AB 912

Assembly 3rd Reading AB912 Wilson By Cabaldon

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Voted Yea on AB 956

Assembly 3rd Reading AB956 Quirk-Silva et al. By Wiener

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Voted Yea on AB 982

Assembly 3rd Reading AB982 Carrillo By Grayson

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Voted Yea on AB 1093

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1093 Solache et al. By Pérez

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 1235

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1235 Rogers By Durazo

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1235

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1235 Rogers By Durazo

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Voted Yea on AB 1539

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1539 Addis et al. By Umberg

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Voted Yea on AB 1604

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1604 Stefani et al. By Allen

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Voted Yea on AB 1621

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1621 Wilson et al. By Grayson

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Voted Yea on AB 1659

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1659 Ransom et al. By Weber Pierson

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Voted Yea on AB 1661

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1661 Bryan By Stern

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1664

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1664 Jackson et al. By Wiener Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on AB 1665

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1665 Pacheco et al. By Ashby

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1669

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1669 Pacheco et al. By Reyes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1697

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1697 Kalra By Laird Urgency Clause

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1703

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1703 Hart By Grayson

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Voted Yea on AB 1731

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1731 Wilson et al. By Hurtado

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1761

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1761 Rogers et al. By Padilla

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Voted Yea on AB 1763

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1763 Lee et al. By Pérez

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Voted Yea on AB 1792

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1792 Michelle Rodriguez By Reyes

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Voted Yea on AB 1803

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1803 Lowenthal et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas

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Voted Yea on AB 1806

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1806 Gabriel et al. By Menjivar

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Voted Yea on AB 1816

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1816 Davies By Rubio

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Voted Yea on AB 1821

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1821 Pacheco By Cabaldon

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Voted Yea on AB 1836

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1836 Gabriel et al. By Allen

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Voted Yea on AB 1848

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1848 Ransom By McNerney

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Voted Yea on AB 1853

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1853 Pellerin et al. By Wiener

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Voted Yea on AB 1876

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1876 Addis et al. By Menjivar

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Voted Yea on AB 1905

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1905 Schultz et al. By Wiener

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1918

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1918 Dixon et al. By Grove

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1924

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1924 Gabriel et al. By Arreguín