9/12 Candidate: Cherilyn Eagar| U.S. Senate UT
Posted by Cindy Reed on November 18, 2009 under Candidates | 
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912candidates.org is pleased to present Cherilyn Eagar as a candidate for Utah Senate. Her official information was provided by her Facebook page.
Cherilyn Bacon Eagar is Vice President of Marketing and Cherilyn Eagar is a candidate for election to Utah’s seat in the United States Senate in 2010. She is challenging fellow Republican incumbent Bob Bennett. The Washington Post has named this race one of the top 10 in-party races in the nation.
Cherilyn Bacon Eagar is Vice President of Marketing and co-owner of WebsTarget, a real estate Internet Marketing company specializing in organic search engine optimization and social networking. Upon her announcement of her candidacy for U.S. Senate, she has taken a leave of absence to give the campaign full-time attention.
Cherilyn Eagar
With a lifetime of study and research behind her, Cherilyn is well-versed and well-read on the issues, and has done extensive research in education policy, has presented nationally on education reforms, media and public relations and related topics, Internet marketing strategies. She has hosted a talk radio show and routinely subs on K-TALK radio in Salt Lake City, and is featured in Sean Hannity’s book Let Freedom Ring.
She has served for over 30 years in charitable, family advocacy and political leadership roles, including leadership roles in Republican Womens’ organizations and on several non-profit boards. She currently serves on the Utah Federation of Republican Women Board. She also has also been a candidate for the school board, a campaign manager for a congressional race and has served on state committees for presidential campaigns. In 2004 she traveled to Ohio to work on the Bush-Cheney election, and in 2008 she served on the Utah Women for Mitt Committee. She co-authored the first state Family Education Rights to Privacy Act and has advocated at the United Nations in support of traditional family values.
A lifelong Republican, she has also had brief, top-level, “third party” experience when she helped Patrick Buchanan in his bid for the presidency. During that time, she became the National Press Secretary for the Reform Party. She is now a strong advocate for working within the existing two party-system to affect change. Eagar has stated she believes the Republican Party has drifted too far from correct principles of government in practice.
Cherilyn was born and raised in Hollywood, California. Parents were Samuel K. Bacon and Dorothy Johnson Paul. She attended Cheremoya Avenue School, Marlborough School for Girls and Hollywood High School. She received her B.A. degree from Brigham Young University in 1973 in Speech & Dramatic Arts, emphasis in public address.
During the Viet Nam War, Eagar had the unique experience of touring the Pacific and Caribbean Commands under the direction of the Department of Defense. She was part of an entertainment troupe called The BYU Young Ambassadors. It was a special diplomatic mission to represent American colleges.
She developed and produced a summer workshop training program in New York City for aspiring performing artists which trade paper Backstage rated among the top two programs along with NYU’s program. She received highest ratings while on the faculties at the Orange County School of the Arts and at Brigham Young University.
She is married to Randy Eagar, President of WebsTarget and 2006 President of the National Association of Realtors’ Council of Residential Specialists. Between them, they have seven children (5 Cherilyn’s and 2 Randy’s) and are expecting their 10th grandchild.
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