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{{Infobox person
| name=Edward Roy Tinsley, III<br>
(Texas-New Mexico businessman and entrepreneur)
| birth_date=August 26, 1952
| birth_place=Lamesa, Dawson County, [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]<br>
Resident of Flying W. Diamond Ranch, Inc.<br>
Capita, Lincoln County, [[New Mexico]]<br>
|spouse=Meredith George Tinsley
|children=Edward and Ede Tinsley<br>
'''Parents''': <br>
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Tinsley, Jr.
|religion=[[United Methodist]] Church
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican candidate for [[United States House of Representatives]] (2002 and 2008)<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
[[University of Texas at Austin]]<br>
[[Texas Tech University]] School of Law ([[Lubbock]]
}}
'''Edward Roy Tinsley, III''' (born August 26, 1952), is an [[attorney]], rancher, and [[business]]man with interests in [[petroleum]], [[natural gas]], and [[restaurant]]s who has twice failed in [[Republican Party|Republican]] bids for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for the 2nd congressional district of his adopted state of [[New Mexico]]. He is the franchisor of K-Bob's Steakhouse, based primarily in New Mexico and his native [[Texas]]. Tinsley and his wife, the former Meredith George, reside on their Flying W Diamond Ranch, Inc., in Capitan in Lincoln County, New Mexico.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/20110713141241/http://www.kbobs.com/customer/Ed_Tinsley_%20Biography.pdf|title=Edward R. Tinsley|publisher=Kbobs.com |date=July 13, 2011|accessdate=July 13, 2011 }}</ref>
==Background==
Tinsley was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tinsley, Jr., in Lamesa in Dawson County, south of [[Lubbock]] in [[West Texas]]. Growing up in Lamesa, he recalled a simple life of "the school, the church, and K-Bob’s", which had been founded in 1966 by Gabe E. Parson in Clovis, New Mexico.<ref name=kbobs>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/20080703202105/http://www.kbobs.com/about.html|title=K-Bob’s: Serving the Food America Loves |publisher=Kbobs.com |date=July 3, 2008}}</ref> He graduated from [[University of Texas at Austin]] with a Bachelor of Science in accounting. In 1977, he received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from [[Texas Tech University]] School of Law in Lubbock. In 1978, he became a territory franchisee for Schlotzsky's,, a sandwich and soup chain based in [[Austin]]. He purchased the rights to develop Schlotzsky’s in New Mexico and southern [[Colorado]].<ref name=bio/> At that time, he also owned a food-processing and distribution company known as Sun Country Honey.<ref name=nrn>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n6_v26/ai_11828782/|author=Robin Lee Allen|title=K-Bob’s rises up out of Chapter 11 ashespublisher=''Nation’s Restaurant News''|date=February 10, 1992|accessdate=July 8, 2009}}</ref>
In 1989, K-Bob's filed for [[Chapter 11]] [[bankruptcy]]. After a year of negotiations, Tinsley acquired the company in April 1991. K-Bob’s, Inc., was hence transformed into K-Bob’s USA, Inc., and the latter was required to pay debts to creditors of the former over a 10-year period. Since the purchase, Tinsley has concentrated on the roots of his company, having personally met his franchisees and launched a monthly corporate newsletter called ''The T-Bone Tribune.''<ref name=nrn/>
==Political matters==
Tinsley has been a supporter of former [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]], who appointed him to the board of the scenic Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico.<ref name=bio/> In 2002, Tinsley ran unsuccessfully for the Republican congressional nomination to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of the late [[Republican Party|GOP]] Representative Joseph R. Skeen. Instead, the party choice and the [[general election]] victory went to intra-party rival Steve Pearce,<ref name=bio/>who ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]] in 2018.
In 2008, Pearce did not seek a fourth term in the U.S. House but instead ran unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by veteran Republican [[Pete Domenici]] of [[Albuquerque]]. Tinsley won a five-person Republican primary to succeed Pearce, but he lost the November 4 general election to the Democrat Harry Teague, an oilman from Hobbs, the first Democrat to win the post since 1978, the year that Domenici was elected to his second term as a senator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf|author=Benjamin J. Guthrie|title=Statistics of the Congressional Elections of November 7, 1978publisher=clerk.house.gov|accessdate=July 10, 2009}}</ref>
In the 2008 campaign, Tinsley came under Democratic fire for allegedly underpaying employees and for not establishing a K-Bob’s in the state capital in [[Santa Fe]], where the company is headquartered. Santa Fe is not in the 2nd congressional district, but Tinsley’s ranch is within its boundaries.
After the primary campaign, Mrs. Tinsley removed the word "Republican" from campaign signs to recycle their use for the general election. The Tinsley campaign said that it would highlight [[conservative]] themes, rather than party affiliation in what turned out to have been a heavily Democratic year in New Mexico,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://haussamen.blogspot.com/2008/09/tinsley-campaign-downplays-gop.html|title=Tinsley campaign downplays GOP affiliation|publisher=haussamen.blogspot.com|accessdate=July 19, 2009}}</ref> now the political norm in the "Land of Enchantment."
The candidates differed philosophically on numerous issues, including [[[immigration]]. Tinsley supported border-enforcement only, while Teague favoed a path to citizenship of [[illegal alien]]s. The 2nd congressional district has the largest population of [[Hispanics]] in New Mexico, but the majority are unregistered or ineligible to vote. Others issues in the race were the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] and illegal border drug trafficking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.immigration08.com/2008/race/nm02|title=Pearce (Open-NM-2)|accessdate=July 8, 2009}}</ref> Santa Fe is not in the 2nd congressional district, but Tinsley’s ranch is within the boundaries. Teague ultimately prevailed with 127,640 ballots (55.8 percent) to Tinsley's 101,084 (44.2 percent).
==Community service==
In 1992, Tinsley received the Silver Spoon Award for community service from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association in [[Amarillo]]. He was formerly inducted into the New Mexico [[4-H]] Hall of Fame. He has been active in industry forums and has been a board member of several nonprofit associations, including the Carrie Tingley Children’s Hospital Foundation in Albuquerque and the Braford Cattle Association in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. He has also served on the board of Texas American Bank in [[Midland]]. From 2006 to2007, Tinsley was chairman of the board of the National Restaurant Association, a position which required extensive travel throughout the United States and into [[Mexico]], [[China]], and [[Turkey]].<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/20081202042723/http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/print/index.cfm?ID=1267|title=Edward R. Tinsley Elected Chairman of the National Restaurant Association Board|publisher=National Restaurant Association Board |date=May 21, 2006|accessdate=July 20, 2009}}</ref>
His Tinsley Hospitality Group is the master franchisor of K-Bob’s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_36_41/ai_n27381074/|title=K-Bob’s hires Back-Yard vet Myers as new CEO|publisher=''Nation’s Restaurant News''|date=September 10, 2007|accessdate=July 8, 2009}}</ref> After the 2008 congressional campaign, Tinsley indicated that he would seek to expand the number of franchisees.<ref name=bio/>
The Tinsleys have two adult children, Edward, a graduate of [[University of California, Los Angeles]] and the [[London School of Economics]], and Ede, who completed studies at [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. The Tinsleys attend the [[United Methodist]] Church]] in Capitan, New Mexico.<ref name=bio/>
==References==
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| name=Edward Roy Tinsley, III<br>
(Texas-New Mexico businessman and entrepreneur)
| birth_date=August 26, 1952
| birth_place=Lamesa, Dawson County, [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]<br>
Resident of Flying W. Diamond Ranch, Inc.<br>
Capita, Lincoln County, [[New Mexico]]<br>
|spouse=Meredith George Tinsley
|children=Edward and Ede Tinsley<br>
'''Parents''': <br>
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Tinsley, Jr.
|religion=[[United Methodist]] Church
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican candidate for [[United States House of Representatives]] (2002 and 2008)<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
[[University of Texas at Austin]]<br>
[[Texas Tech University]] School of Law ([[Lubbock]]
}}
'''Edward Roy Tinsley, III''' (born August 26, 1952), is an [[attorney]], rancher, and [[business]]man with interests in [[petroleum]], [[natural gas]], and [[restaurant]]s who has twice failed in [[Republican Party|Republican]] bids for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for the 2nd congressional district of his adopted state of [[New Mexico]]. He is the franchisor of K-Bob's Steakhouse, based primarily in New Mexico and his native [[Texas]]. Tinsley and his wife, the former Meredith George, reside on their Flying W Diamond Ranch, Inc., in Capitan in Lincoln County, New Mexico.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/20110713141241/http://www.kbobs.com/customer/Ed_Tinsley_%20Biography.pdf|title=Edward R. Tinsley|publisher=Kbobs.com |date=July 13, 2011|accessdate=July 13, 2011 }}</ref>
==Background==
Tinsley was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tinsley, Jr., in Lamesa in Dawson County, south of [[Lubbock]] in [[West Texas]]. Growing up in Lamesa, he recalled a simple life of "the school, the church, and K-Bob’s", which had been founded in 1966 by Gabe E. Parson in Clovis, New Mexico.<ref name=kbobs>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/20080703202105/http://www.kbobs.com/about.html|title=K-Bob’s: Serving the Food America Loves |publisher=Kbobs.com |date=July 3, 2008}}</ref> He graduated from [[University of Texas at Austin]] with a Bachelor of Science in accounting. In 1977, he received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from [[Texas Tech University]] School of Law in Lubbock. In 1978, he became a territory franchisee for Schlotzsky's,, a sandwich and soup chain based in [[Austin]]. He purchased the rights to develop Schlotzsky’s in New Mexico and southern [[Colorado]].<ref name=bio/> At that time, he also owned a food-processing and distribution company known as Sun Country Honey.<ref name=nrn>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n6_v26/ai_11828782/|author=Robin Lee Allen|title=K-Bob’s rises up out of Chapter 11 ashespublisher=''Nation’s Restaurant News''|date=February 10, 1992|accessdate=July 8, 2009}}</ref>
In 1989, K-Bob's filed for [[Chapter 11]] [[bankruptcy]]. After a year of negotiations, Tinsley acquired the company in April 1991. K-Bob’s, Inc., was hence transformed into K-Bob’s USA, Inc., and the latter was required to pay debts to creditors of the former over a 10-year period. Since the purchase, Tinsley has concentrated on the roots of his company, having personally met his franchisees and launched a monthly corporate newsletter called ''The T-Bone Tribune.''<ref name=nrn/>
==Political matters==
Tinsley has been a supporter of former [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]], who appointed him to the board of the scenic Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico.<ref name=bio/> In 2002, Tinsley ran unsuccessfully for the Republican congressional nomination to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of the late [[Republican Party|GOP]] Representative Joseph R. Skeen. Instead, the party choice and the [[general election]] victory went to intra-party rival Steve Pearce,<ref name=bio/>who ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]] in 2018.
In 2008, Pearce did not seek a fourth term in the U.S. House but instead ran unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by veteran Republican [[Pete Domenici]] of [[Albuquerque]]. Tinsley won a five-person Republican primary to succeed Pearce, but he lost the November 4 general election to the Democrat Harry Teague, an oilman from Hobbs, the first Democrat to win the post since 1978, the year that Domenici was elected to his second term as a senator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf|author=Benjamin J. Guthrie|title=Statistics of the Congressional Elections of November 7, 1978publisher=clerk.house.gov|accessdate=July 10, 2009}}</ref>
In the 2008 campaign, Tinsley came under Democratic fire for allegedly underpaying employees and for not establishing a K-Bob’s in the state capital in [[Santa Fe]], where the company is headquartered. Santa Fe is not in the 2nd congressional district, but Tinsley’s ranch is within its boundaries.
After the primary campaign, Mrs. Tinsley removed the word "Republican" from campaign signs to recycle their use for the general election. The Tinsley campaign said that it would highlight [[conservative]] themes, rather than party affiliation in what turned out to have been a heavily Democratic year in New Mexico,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://haussamen.blogspot.com/2008/09/tinsley-campaign-downplays-gop.html|title=Tinsley campaign downplays GOP affiliation|publisher=haussamen.blogspot.com|accessdate=July 19, 2009}}</ref> now the political norm in the "Land of Enchantment."
The candidates differed philosophically on numerous issues, including [[[immigration]]. Tinsley supported border-enforcement only, while Teague favoed a path to citizenship of [[illegal alien]]s. The 2nd congressional district has the largest population of [[Hispanics]] in New Mexico, but the majority are unregistered or ineligible to vote. Others issues in the race were the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] and illegal border drug trafficking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.immigration08.com/2008/race/nm02|title=Pearce (Open-NM-2)|accessdate=July 8, 2009}}</ref> Santa Fe is not in the 2nd congressional district, but Tinsley’s ranch is within the boundaries. Teague ultimately prevailed with 127,640 ballots (55.8 percent) to Tinsley's 101,084 (44.2 percent).
==Community service==
In 1992, Tinsley received the Silver Spoon Award for community service from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association in [[Amarillo]]. He was formerly inducted into the New Mexico [[4-H]] Hall of Fame. He has been active in industry forums and has been a board member of several nonprofit associations, including the Carrie Tingley Children’s Hospital Foundation in Albuquerque and the Braford Cattle Association in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. He has also served on the board of Texas American Bank in [[Midland]]. From 2006 to2007, Tinsley was chairman of the board of the National Restaurant Association, a position which required extensive travel throughout the United States and into [[Mexico]], [[China]], and [[Turkey]].<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/20081202042723/http://www.restaurant.org/pressroom/print/index.cfm?ID=1267|title=Edward R. Tinsley Elected Chairman of the National Restaurant Association Board|publisher=National Restaurant Association Board |date=May 21, 2006|accessdate=July 20, 2009}}</ref>
His Tinsley Hospitality Group is the master franchisor of K-Bob’s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_36_41/ai_n27381074/|title=K-Bob’s hires Back-Yard vet Myers as new CEO|publisher=''Nation’s Restaurant News''|date=September 10, 2007|accessdate=July 8, 2009}}</ref> After the 2008 congressional campaign, Tinsley indicated that he would seek to expand the number of franchisees.<ref name=bio/>
The Tinsleys have two adult children, Edward, a graduate of [[University of California, Los Angeles]] and the [[London School of Economics]], and Ede, who completed studies at [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. The Tinsleys attend the [[United Methodist]] Church]] in Capitan, New Mexico.<ref name=bio/>
==References==
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