CONWAY — A 22-year-old state representative got schooled by a roomful of Mount Washington Valley Republicans on Monday night after sharing his reasons behind a vote he took that they didn’t agree with.
Brodie Deshaies (R-Wolfeboro) was elected in November to represent Carroll County’s House District 6. He was a featured speaker at Monday’s meeting at the Lobster Trap Restaurant in North Conway, which drew about 50 people. The other speaker was Sun columnist Tom McLaughlin.
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