Danny Ainge’s son Tanner is 33-years-old and looking for a new job. The thing is, Tanner doesn’t want to work for his dad and the Boston Celtics. Instead, Tanner wants to work for the people of Utah.
Tanner doesn’t want to work for the Utah Jazz either. Instead, he wants to be the Congressional representative for Utah’s third district in Congress. That seat is currently occupied by Jason Chaffetz, who recently announced his retirement from Congress. When the primary is held on August 15th and special election on November 7th, Ainge hopes to come out on top.
According to Boston.com, Ainge declared his candidacy on Monday by filing the correct paperwork and later confirmed it on Twitter.
Tanner Ainge (R) (@tannerainge) declared candidacy for the 3rd Congressional District. #utpol pic.twitter.com/D6IcqSwGXY
— Vote Utah (@ElectionsUtah) May 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/tannerainge/status/866724076823248896
Danny then responded with a joke in classic dad fashion:
Why people choose politics is beyond me, but I can't think of anyone more competent and trustworthy than @tannerainge #AingeforCongress https://t.co/wpQQ13i1z3
— Danny Ainge (@danielrainge) May 22, 2017
Tanner is currently a managing partner at Ainge Advisory, his very own consulting company. Ainge previously worked on Mitt Romney’s 2008 Presidential Campaign and graduated from both Brigham Young University and Northwestern’s Law School.
The 33-year-old congressional hopeful has already launched his campaign website: aingeforcongress.com. This all comes a week after Danny Ainge publicly backed his son’s run on Twitter:
With vacancy created in the house, I'm encouraging my son Tanner to run. He has the integrity, edu, exp, to rep UT in DC. #AingeforCongress?
— Danny Ainge (@danielrainge) May 18, 2017
With Danny already supporting his son publicly, that leaves out the possibility that the Celtics and Jazz might try and swing a trade for endorsement purposes. You know, maybe something like Boston’s number one overall pick to Utah in exchange for every Jazz employee supporting Tanner? Wait that’s probably illegal never mind.
