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Barry Wolfert studied hotel administration at Cornell University. He has two adult children and a partner. He has lived in Atlanta for over 30 years.

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Barry Wolfert earned his bachelor's degree in hotel management from Cornell University. He is a father of two.

Barry is a realtor. He co-founded the Wolfert & Wrenn Real Estate Team at Keller Williams in 2013. He previously worked in the hospitality industry, including several major hotels and companies, after studying at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration. 

Barry currently works as an associate broker at Wolfert and Wrenn Real Estate. he previously worked as the director of business development at Meeting Expectations, a southeast regional director of sales at Event411.com and the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, a senior consultant at Deloitte, an associate director of sales at Nikko Hotels International, and a national sales manager at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. 

Barry's campaign for Georgia's 11th congressional district representative is his first time running for public office.

Barry's campaign for U.S. House of Representatives, representing Georgia's 11th Congressional District, is his first run for public office. 

Supports policies to incentivize home construction and protect first-time home buyers.

Supports legislation to address price gouging at gas stations, grocery stores, and utility companies.

Advocates for legislation to address price gouging at gas stations, grocery stores, and utility companies.

- Supports policies to incentivize home construction and protect first-time home buyers.
- Advocates for legislation to address price gouging at gas stations, grocery stores, and utility companies.

Economy

As of March 11, 2026, Barry Wolfert’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Safety

Supports fully funding healthcare programs by ensuring the wealthy and corporations pay their "fair share," reducing waste and fraud, and allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices.

Wants to fully funding healthcare programs by ensuring the wealthy and corporations pay their "fair share," reducing waste and fraud, and allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices.

Supports protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act (ACA), lowering healthcare costs, and increasing funding for rural hospitals.

Supports protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act.

Believes in increasing funding for rural hospitals.

- Wants to fully funding healthcare programs by ensuring the wealthy and corporations pay their "fair share," reducing waste and fraud, and allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices.
- Supports protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act.
- Believes in increasing funding for rural hospitals.

Healthcare

Wants to support teachers with better pay, smaller class sizes, and less bureaucracy so they can "focus on teaching, not paperwork or teaching to a test."

Prioritizes fundamentals such as reading, math, and critical thinking, especially in early grades.

Promotes expanding career options because "not every student needs a four-year degree."

Aims to "rebuild the Department of Education into a world class education support agency."

Seeks to ensure that student loans are available, at the lowest rates possible and that re-payment programs support a student’s career growth and doesn’t overburden them with debt.

- Wants to support teachers with better pay, smaller class sizes, and less bureaucracy so they can "focus on teaching, not paperwork or teaching to a test."
- Prioritizes fundamentals such as reading, math, and critical thinking, especially in early grades.
- Promotes expanding career options because "not every student needs a four-year degree."
- Aims to "rebuild the Department of Education into a world class education support agency."
- Seeks to ensure that student loans are available, at the lowest rates possible and that re-payment programs support a student’s career growth and doesn’t overburden them with debt.

Education

Aims to require energy independence, transparency and efficiency standards so data centers use power responsibly, if from the public grid, and consumers are not bearing the brunt of this additional cost.

Supports requiring data centers to pay for new electricity generation rather than draw from the existing grid.

Believes in incentivizing clean energy use, including on-site renewables and long-term power agreements.

Aims to set "smart" water usage guidelines.

- Aims to require energy independence, transparency and efficiency standards so data centers use power responsibly, if from the public grid, and consumers are not bearing the brunt of this additional cost.
- Supports requiring data centers to pay for new electricity generation rather than draw from the existing grid.
- Believes in incentivizing clean energy use, including on-site renewables and long-term power agreements.
- Aims to set "smart" water usage guidelines.

Energy & the Environment

Seeks to focus Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) resources on serious criminals and national security threats.

Wants all ICE agents to have no masks, body cameras, clear identification, and judicial warrants signed by a judge to enter a private residence.

- Seeks to focus Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) resources on serious criminals and national security threats.
- Wants all ICE agents to have no masks, body cameras, clear identification, and judicial warrants signed by a judge to enter a private residence.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Committed to focusin on tightening campaign finance laws, and increasing transparency.

- Committed to focusin on tightening campaign finance laws, and increasing transparency.

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Barry Wolfert

He is as Southern as fried chicken... that's why he also thinks he's the kind of Democrat that can win. He is a father.

Chris's campaign for Georgias 11th Congressional District representative is his first time running for public office.

Chris's campaign for U.S. representative is his first time running for public office.

Believes wages have not kept pace with the rising cost of living.

Wants to address wages and the cost of living by lowering costs and "[protecting] Georgia jobs." 

- Wants to address wages and the cost of living by lowering costs and "[protecting] Georgia jobs." 

As of March 11, 2026, Chris Harden’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports federal protection of reproductive rights.

Believes in federal protection of abortion access.

Supports expanding rural access to healthcare.

Wants to end medical debt and push for protections to prevent financial crises.

- Believes in federal protection of abortion access.
- Seeks to lower prescription costs.
- Supports expanding rural access to healthcare.
- Wants to end medical debt and push for protections to prevent financial crises.

Supports increased federal funding for K-12 education.

Advocates for supporting teachers, empowering parents, and making classrooms safer through increased federal funding for public education.

Supports "quality education," "not political culture wars."

- Advocates for supporting teachers, empowering parents, and making classrooms safer through increased federal funding for public education.
- Supports "quality education," "not political culture wars."

Chris Harden

- Your U.S. representative represents the interests of your district in the U.S. House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Georgia currently has 14 U.S. Representatives.
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Georgia U.S. Representative, District 11, Democratic Primary

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