CONWAY — Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer says his moral compass led him to enter the race for the White House. He says his compass is guided by civil rights and trying to do the right thing for humanity.
The San Francisco-based billionaire was in the Mount Washington Valley last Saturday, Oct. 26, attending a house party at the home of Gail Paine in Intervale and then stopping at the Sun for a 40-minute editorial board.
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