About Ian Bayne
Family
Ian was born on Christmas Day in 1973 in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago. His family spent generations farming in Southern Illinois after having relocated there from Tennessee in the 1800s. Carolyn, his lovely wife, is a dental hygienist here in Pahrump and they have been married since 2011. Their pets are their family. Ian has lived in Chicago, Kansas, central Illinois, Iowa, Connecticut, Boston, Miami Beach Florida, Nashville Tennessee, Las Vegas, and Pahrump.
Private Sector
Ian is a real estate appraiser and works as a contractor for major real estate lenders. He was the founder of a large statewide appraisal company in Massachusetts and a founder and partner of The Investigation Group, a Chicago based private investigation firm. Ian was a voiceover talent and member of SAG (“Screen Actor’s Guild”) and AFTRA (“American Federation of Television and Radio Artists”).
Journalist & Talk Show Host
Ian was the morning talk show host on two FM news talk stations in Illinois, WRPW “Cities 92.9” and WWHP Newstalk 98.3, from 2014-2016. He was also the program director and news director on both stations. Ian was syndicated on around a dozen stations nationally from 2010-2014. Ian was also a writer for Conservative Tribune and BizPac Review, national news publications.
Political
Ian began in politics in 1998, as the co-chairman and founder of a political action committee chartered by the Massachusetts Republican Party that grew to 950 members by 2002. He was involved in several high-profile campaigns in Massachusetts, as communications director for Robinson for U.S. Senate in 2000 and a county coordinator for Romney for Governor in 2002. He assisted the Cruz for President campaign in 2016 during the primary and organized volunteers for Trump 2020 in Las Vegas.
Soldier
Ian was in college ROTC in the early 90s, prior to enlisting in 1997 as a combat engineer in the Massachusetts Army National Guard. In 2000, he transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve and spent his time between drill sergeant and JAG units until 2003.
Christian Faith
Ian believes in the inerrancy of scripture and that salvation is through God’s grace. He believes in treating everyone with respect and kindness, regardless of religious affiliation, just as Jesus commanded.
Education
Ian attended E.O. Smith High School in Connecticut and University of Massachusetts at Boston. He graduated from NWCU School of Law in 2022 and passed the California bar exam in 2023.
Troubled Youth
Very outspoken about his youth, Ian got in trouble with the law growing up very poor on the streets of Somerville Massachusetts, which at the time was controlled by Irish gangster Whitey Bulger and was crime ridden as a result. This led to an arrest when he was 19 years old that caused him to refocus his life and he has not been in legal trouble since. He uses this experience to call for tougher crime enforcement to prevent children from having to grow up in high crime areas.
