Wayne Allyn Root is one of the most popular and richest Radio Personality who was born on July 20, 1961 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Root was the chairman and founder for Winning Edge International Inc. In the early 2000s He hosted Wayne Allyn’s Winning Edge, a television show that promoted the Root’s betting on sports.
Root was the Vice Presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party in the 2008 presidential election. In 2012, he left the Libertarian Party, rejoined the Republican Party, and endorsed and voted for Mitt Romney.
In 2010, Root ran for the position of chair of the Libertarian National Committee of the Libertarian Party. He was defeated by Mark Hinkle by a vote of 228–281 in the third round. He subsequently succeeded in being elected to the Libertarian National Committee as an at-large member. At the 2012 Libertarian National Convention, Root again was elected to the Libertarian National Committee as an At-Large Member, despite being seen by some LP members as being part of the “top-down faction.” The party’s 2012 presidential candidate Gary Johnson endorsed Root.
Root was a student at in the Thornton-Donovan School in New Rochelle, New York, and was part in the 1983 class at Columbia University, studying pre-law and political science.
Root was a longtime Republican Party member and supporter who claimed to be an Libertarian Republican. He was elected as a member of the Westchester County Board of Legislators in 1983. In 2007 Root quit his affiliation in his Republican Party and joined the Libertarian Party. The book that outlined his libertarian beliefs, The Conscience of a Libertarian, came out in 2009.
On May 4, 2007, Root declared his candidacy for the Libertarian Party’s 2008 presidential nomination. On May 25, 2008, Root advanced to the fifth ballot of the Libertarian Party presidential nomination vote at the 2008 Libertarian National Convention before being eliminated and endorsing Bob Barr, who became the party’s presidential nomination. Root then became the Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee, securing the nod in the third round of voting for that nomination.
