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'''Williams James Ainsworth''', known as '''Will Ainsworth''' (born 1981)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Will-Ainsworth/Guntersville-AL|title=Will Ainsworth|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref> is a [[business]]man and youth pastor from Guntersville, [[Alabama]], who has since 2014 represented District 27 in the Alabama House of Representatives. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district encompasses Blount, DeKalb, and Marshall counties in the northeastern portion of his state. He is a candidate for his party's nomination in 2018 for lieutenant governor. His opposition will include Twinkle Cavanaugh, president of the Alabama Public Service Commission.

'''Williams James Ainsworth''', known as '''Will Ainsworth''' (born 1981)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Will-Ainsworth/Guntersville-AL|title=Will Ainsworth|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref> is a [[business]]man and youth pastor from Guntersville, [[Alabama]], who has since 2014 represented District 27 in the Alabama House of Representatives. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district encompasses Blount, DeKalb, and Marshall counties in the northeastern portion of his state. He is a candidate for his party's nomination in 2018 for lieutenant governor. His opposition will include Twinkle Cavanaugh, president of the Alabama Public Service Commission.

Ainsworth is a son of Billy Ainsworth, a businessman and church leader, and Sharon Ainsworth, the director of Real Life Crisis Pregnancy Center in Albertville, also in Marshall County. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in marketing from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He owns and operates the Dream Ranch hunting lodge and is a co-founder of the Tennessee Valley Hunting and Fishing Expo. he is youth pastor at Grace Fellowship Church in Albertville.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/121517/kerry-rich#.Wet_27pFzb0|title=Kerry Rich's Biography|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref> 

Ainsworth is a son of Billy Ainsworth, a businessman and church leader, and Sharon Ainsworth, the director of Real Life Crisis Pregnancy Center in Albertville, also in Marshall County. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in marketing from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He owns and operates the Dream Ranch hunting lodge and is a co-founder of the Tennessee Valley Hunting and Fishing Expo. He is the youth pastor at Grace Fellowship Church in Albertville.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/121517/kerry-rich#.Wet_27pFzb0|title=Kerry Rich's Biography|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref> 

In 2014, incumbent Republican Representative Wes Long, claiming family considerations, declined to seek reelection to his District 27 House seat. Ainsworth won the Republican nomination and then defeated a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Jeff McLaughlin, 7,355 votes (59.7 percent) to 4,959 (40.2 percent).<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Will_Ainsworth|title=Will Ainsworth|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref>   

In 2014, incumbent Republican Representative Wes Long, claiming family considerations, declined to seek reelection to his District 27 House seat. Ainsworth won the Republican nomination and then defeated a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Jeff McLaughlin, 7,355 votes (59.7 percent) to 4,959 (40.2 percent).<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Will_Ainsworth|title=Will Ainsworth|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref>