Tanner Ainge

In 2018, Utah commissioner Greg Graves was called to resign for sexual harassment allegations, but completed his term under tenuous circumstances. In the race for Graves’ seat, Ainge beat fellow Republican Tom Sakievich in the primary election and had no Democratic opposition in the general election. His main opponent was third-party candidate, Teri McCabe, whom he beat with 82% of the vote. In light of the Graves controversies, Ainge said he would run a campaign focused on restoring ethics and transparency to the county commission.

In 2017 a special election was held in the 3rd Congressional District of Utah for the U.S. House of Representatives to replace Jason Chaffetz, who resigned on June 30, 2017. Ainge received a quarter of the Republican primary votes, but placed third against Provo mayor John Curtis and Christopher Herrod. It was suggested by Republican operative, Chuck Warren, and others on Twitter, that Ainge's congressional race could have been negatively influenced by his father, the general manager of the Boston Celtics, convincing Gordon Hayward to leave the Utah Jazz as a free agent and sign with the Celtics.

Ainge was a volunteer for Mitt Romney's 2008 presidential campaign for one year.

Tanner Ainge (born December 15, 1983) is a Utah County Commissioner, businessman, and lawyer. He ran an unsuccessful primary race for the U.S. House 3rd Congressional District of Utah against former Provo mayor John Curtis in 2017, but he won the Utah County Commissioner election the following year. He was sworn into office in January 2019.

Ainge was born December 15, 1983, to Michelle and Danny Ainge, a professional basketball and baseball player.