CONWAY — Daymond Steer loves covering politics, but the last thing he expected when he came to work last Wednesday was to be in the political arena himself.
Steer, a reporter for The Conway Daily Sun, learned last week that his name was listed on Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's website as one of 200 town chairs for New Hampshire.
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