Ainge, the son of Boston Celtics owner and former Brigham Young University basketball star Danny Ainge, spent the summer of 2017 campaigning for Jason Chaffetz’s vacated seat in Congress before losing in the GOP primary to former Provo Mayor John Curtis, who eventually won the 3rd District post.
Ainge, who also is an attorney, spent a year volunteering on Mitt Romney’s 2008 presidential campaign. He was general counsel for a health care trust and founded an investment-management company in California. He lives in Alpine.