Kelly Eustis

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Kelly S. Eustis (born September 27, 1987) is an American political consultant, Republican politician, and conservative activist. In 2007, at the age of 19, Eustis was a candidate for a town council seat and is one of the nation’s youngest politicians. He is now the President and Chief Executive Officer of a public relations and political consulting firm (Eusatrix).

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Eustis was born in Plattsburgh, New York and grew up in Argyle, New York where he graduated from Argyle Central School. Since 2005 he has attended the State University of New York at Potsdam where he has held multiple district representative positions in the Assembly of the Student Government Association. During spring 2006, he was an unsuccessful candidate for SGA Comptroller, which controls the organization’s half-million dollar budget. He was also the advertising manager for the college’s student-run newspaper for a short period of time.

As a freshman in fall 2005, Eustis became the founder and Chairman of the campus' College Republican chapter. During that time he was also appointed to the state leadership of the New York College Republican State Committee (NYCRSC) as Northern Region Vice Chairman. During his term three College Republican chapters were started in upstate New York. On March 3, 2007, while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., Eustis declared his candidacy, via email, for Chairman of the New York College Republicans. He ended his candidacy later that month with a scathing press release.

On May 18, 2007, Eustis announced his candidacy for councilman on the town board of Argyle, New York. The campaign gained much esteem for utilizing online tools, such as the social networking site Facebook, and for attempting to get younger voters involved. Although Eustis is a registered Republican, he did not push a Republican primary and ran solely on the Conservative Party line on the ballot on November 6, 2007. Eustis lost to the incumbent candidates but vowed to stay involved in community politics.

Eustis has volunteered for, or been involved with, multiple Republican and Conservative Party campaigns. This includes John Faso for Governor, John E. Sweeney for U.S. Congress, and Marilyn O'Grady for U.S. Senate, as well as numerous smaller local campaigns.

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