{"id":2460,"date":"2007-11-01T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-01T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/11\/national-restaurant-group-pushes-tinsley-to-run\/"},"modified":"2007-11-01T15:50:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-01T21:50:00","slug":"national-restaurant-group-pushes-tinsley-to-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/11\/national-restaurant-group-pushes-tinsley-to-run\/","title":{"rendered":"National restaurant group pushes Tinsley to run"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The National Restaurant Association<\/a> is pushing GOP restaurant chain owner Ed Tinsley to run for the Second Congressional District seat being vacated by Steve Pearce<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Tinsley owns the K-Bob\u2019s<\/a> chain of restaurants and, after he lost to Pearce in the 2002 primary, he became heavily involved in the influential group, serving last year as the chairman of its board.<\/p>\n

Tinsley is expected to announce as early as next week whether he\u2019ll run for the congressional seat.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThroughout his many years of service on the National Restaurant Association board and during his term as chairman, Ed has demonstrated that he is not only a talented leader, but that he has a keen understanding of the issues that small businesses face,\u201d Dawn Sweeney, president and CEO of the association, said in a news release. \u201cAs chairman, Ed had a tremendous impact, representing the industry at White House meetings and on Capitol Hill. We encourage Ed to consider a run for Congress. He would make an exceptional representative of New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u2019s second district.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The news release also included quotes from New Mexico Restaurant Association CEO Carol Wright, Host Hotels & Resorts Chairman Richard E. Marriott, Golden Corral President and CEO Ted Fowler and Applebee\u2019s International Board Chairman Lloyd Hill, all either encouraging Tinsley to run or praising him.<\/p>\n

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Tom Hutchinson, owner of La Posta De Mesilla restaurant in Mesilla, was also quoted.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a constituent of the second district, I encourage Ed Tinsley to run for Congress,\u201d he said. \u201cEd is a New Mexican rancher who knows how Washington<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> works. He understands the concerns of his neighbors and knows how to take those concerns to Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and get results.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Though Tinsley spends much of his time at a home he owns in Santa Fe<\/st1:city>, where his restaurant chain is based, he and his wife Meredith also own and operate a cattle ranch in Capitan, located in Lincoln<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>. That\u2019s what makes him eligible to run for the seat, if he chooses.<\/p>\n

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Some Republicans see his time spent in Santa Fe<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> a weakness that could affect a Tinsley campaign.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, Tinsley is willing to help finance his own campaign, and today\u2019s news release from the restaurant group suggests he\u2019ll have a great deal of help raising money.<\/p>\n

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No Republican has entered the congressional race, but a number of others are also considering it, including Sierra County Republican Party Chair C. Earl Greer<\/a>; Phelps Anderson, who also ran unsuccessfully against Pearce in the 2002 primary; state Rep. Don Bratton<\/a> of Hobbs<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>; Roswell Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Mike Kakuska; and former Roswell Mayor Bill Owen.<\/p>\n

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On the Democratic side, Al Kissling<\/a>, Do\u00f1a Ana County Commissioner Bill McCamley<\/a> and former Lea County Commissioner Harry Teague<\/a> are running, and state Rep. Joseph Cervantes<\/a>, D-Las Cruces, appears headed toward an announcement as early as next week that he\u2019s running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Restaurant Association is pushing GOP restaurant chain owner Ed Tinsley to run for the Second Congressional District seat being vacated by Steve Pearce. Tinsley owns the K-Bob\u2019s chain of restaurants and, after he lost to Pearce in the 2002 primary, he became heavily involved in the influential group, serving last year as the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}