Businessman Kurt Wilson Enters Race to Represent East Cobb, District 6

EAST COBB, GA -- Roswell businessman Kurt Wilson has joined the list of candidates seeking to represent Georgia's 6th Congressional District seat.

Wilson is an entrepreneur with various business interests, including serving as president of the Zaxby’s licensee, NA Foodservice. He owns a cigar shop and partners a real estate firm.

“Whether you were for or against President Trump, whether you are a Democrat, a Republican, a Libertarian or an Independent, it is important to recognize and celebrate that President Trump’s campaign proved the out-of-control political machine in Washington, D.C. is, in fact, vulnerable," he said in an announcement Tuesday. "There is hope. There is real opportunity to break into a system that has outgrown its purpose and build a modern, representative government."

Georgia's 6th Congressional District includes East Cobb, north Fulton and a swath of DeKalb County.

Wilson would replace U.S. Rep. Tom Price who is Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, pending Senate confirmation.

Patch's Kristal Dixon contribute to this report.

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