CONWAY — A bid to remove the head of the Mount Washington Valley Republican Committee from office failed by a vote of its membership Monday night.
Local Realtor Steven Steiner, the broker/owner of Whitehill Estates & Homes, was named chairman of the committee on Feb. 15.
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