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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 1425

Unfinished Business SB1425 Cortese Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1414

Unfinished Business SB1414 Reyes et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1379

Unfinished Business SB1379 Cervantes et al. Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1371

Unfinished Business SB1371 Durazo Concurrence

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Voted Yea on SB 1323

Unfinished Business SB1323 Rubio et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 1312

That the Assembly amendments be concurred in

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Voted Yea on SB 1250

Unfinished Business SB1250 Cortese et al. Concurrence

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 96

Assembly 3rd Reading AB96 Jackson By Pérez

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Voted Yea on AB 264

Assembly 3rd Reading AB264 Carrillo et al. By Archuleta

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Voted Yea on AB 280

Assembly 3rd Reading AB280 Aguiar-Curry et al. By Padilla

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Voted Yea on AB 306

Assembly 3rd Reading AB306 Schultz et al. By Pérez

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Voted Yea on AB 312

Assembly 3rd Reading AB312 Alanis By Alvarado-Gil

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Voted Yea on AB 350

Assembly 3rd Reading AB350 Bonta et al. By Rubio

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Voted Yea on AB 353

Assembly 3rd Reading AB353 Boerner By Becker

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Voted Yea on AB 464

Assembly 3rd Reading AB464 Aguiar-Curry et al. By Menjivar

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Voted Yea on AB 611

Assembly 3rd Reading AB611 Lee By McNerney

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Voted Yea on AB 685

Assembly 3rd Reading AB685 Solache et al. By Hurtado

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Voted Yea on AB 706

Assembly 3rd Reading AB706 Aguiar-Curry et al. By Grayson

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Voted Yea on AB 864

Assembly 3rd Reading AB864 Ward By Allen

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Voted Yea on AB 883

Assembly 3rd Reading AB883 Lowenthal et al. By Cabaldon

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Voted Yea on AB 929

Do pass

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Voted Yea on AB 939

Assembly 3rd Reading AB939 Schultz et al. By Caballero

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Voted Yea on AB 1049

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1049 Celeste Rodriguez By Gonzalez

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Voted Yea on AB 1054

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1054 Gipson et al. By Cortese

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Voted Yea on AB 1128

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1128 Muratsuchi et al. By Allen

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Voted Yea on AB 1165

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1165 Gipson et al. By Arreguín

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Voted Yea on AB 1184

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1184 Patterson et al. By Menjivar

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1294

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1294 Haney et al. By Arreguín

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Voted Yea on AB 1338

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1338 Solache By Rubio

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Voted Yea on AB 1381

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1381 Muratsuchi By Pérez

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Voted Yea on AB 1439

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1439 Garcia et al

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Voted Yea on AB 1448

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1448 Hart et al. By Blakespear

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1457

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1457 Bryan By Reyes

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1547

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1547 Bains By Hurtado Urgency Clause

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Voted Yea on AB 1577

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1577 Bauer-Kahan By McGuire

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1595

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1595 Schultz By Cortese

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Voted Yea on AB 1599

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1599 Ahrens et al. By Cortese

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Voted Yea on AB 1603

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1603 Schultz By Gonzalez

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Voted Yea on AB 1608

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1608 Wilson By Wiener

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Voted Yea on AB 1615

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1615 Nguyen et al. By Arreguín

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Voted Yea on AB 1626

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1626 Gabriel et al. By Stern

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Voted Yea on AB 1628

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1628 Michelle Rodriguez By Umberg

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Voted Yea on AB 1629

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1629 Haney et al. By Gonzalez

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Voted Yea on AB 1641

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1641 Jackson et al. By Cervantes

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Voted Yea on AB 1663

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1663 Wallis et al. By Valladares

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Voted Yea on AB 1666

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1666 Rogers By McNerney

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Voted Yea on AB 1679

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1679 Mark González et al. By Durazo

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Voted Yea on AB 1682

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1682 Hart et al. By Rubio

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1685

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1685 Lackey et al. By Archuleta

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1688

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1688 Carrillo et al. By Wahab