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Tinsley clinches GOP nomination in N.M.

Tinsley clinches GOP nomination in N.M.

ALBUQUERQUE N.M. K-Bob’s Steakhouse chain owner and former National Restaurant Association chairman Ed Tinsley won a five-candidate Republican primary race for New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District last night, with 31 percent of the vote to his closest rival’s 21 percent. Tinsley, who was aided by a recent $200,000 campaign contribution from the NRA's political action committee, owns a ranch in Capitan, N.M., and had run unsuccessfully for the seat in Congress previously. His opponent will be oilman Harry Teague, who secured a 53-percent margin in the Democratic primary. Teague reportedly spent $700,000 of his own money campaigning.

The 2nd District, traditionally conservative, includes the state's entire 380-mile-long border with Mexico. Tinsley campaigned on a platform of immigration reform and tighter border security to stem illegal crossings; support for 2nd Amendment rights to bear arms; more funding for national defense; and health care reform through increased tax incentives for voluntary coverage and insurance-purchasing pools.

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