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Lenny McAllister is one of the most popular and richest Author who was born on January 13, 1972 in Pittsburgh, United States. McAllister left college for nearly a decade, and then became a dad at the age of 21 and had one of two sons. The year 2000 saw McAllister was able to return to Davidson College and graduated with a degree in history in 2002.

McAllister attended the 2008 Republican National Convention representing Hip Hop Republicans, and provided commentary on CNN, Fox Charlotte, XM Radio, and BET, as well as webcasts on Washington Post and Fox. On CNN American Morning, he gave a critical view of the approach to the Governor Sarah Palin VP introduction to America, saying that her daughter’s pregnancy was an opportunity to make a connection to everyday Americans instead of trying to portray the Palins as perfect. In March 2013, he ran as a candidate in the Republican primary for Illinois’s 2nd congressional district special election, but lost. In 2016, he was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for US Congress in Pennsylvania’s 14th congressional district, losing to incumbent Democrat Mike Doyle.

McAllister writes for several online magazines and blogs. He has also been published in the Charlotte Post, Newsweek, and The Dallas Morning News. He usually represents the Republican point of view in his writings, but from an Afro-centric perspective and has spoken out against racism in politics and society. He was a featured speaker at several Tea Party protests across the nation throughout 2009.

McAllister was a middle school student at St. Bart’s, where he played basketball and football. Never a big man, McAllister quarterbacked the school’s 14-and-under football team to victory in a championship at the age of 11. McAllister then went to Central Catholic High School for about a year before he left to accept a scholarship at Shady Side Academy. He completed his studies at Shady Side Academy in the year 1989, and received the opportunity to receive scholarship offers from several universities.

The year 1989 saw McAllister attended Davidson College and was on “the 13-year path to a four-year degree”. McAllister was scheduled to join to the Davidson basketball team in his freshman year, but did not sign up when his coach Bobby Hussey left Davidson after the school year of 1988-1989. He was an athlete for the baseball team. He quit school in 1992 to go on the duration of 10 years. Prior to his departure the writer contributed an article of Black History Month to the school newspaper The Davidsonian, receiving numerous anonymous threats, including some threats to kill him.

In 2005, McAllister ran for office in Davidson, North Carolina, losing as the only Republican against an all-Democrat slate by only 56 votes. In 2007, he ran and lost another close race, after McAllister was slated to win one of five seats in non-official polling. In July 2008, he was featured in a series of commercials on Black Entertainment Television regarding the upcoming election. Soon after, Fox Charlotte cast him as their political contributor during the 2008 campaign. McAllister provided live commentary during question-and-answer sessions and live editorials weekly on the “Fox News Rising” morning show, the Charlotte morning show.