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HIGH POINT (MCT) — Local business manager Cathy Brewer Hinson plans to challenge Rep. Howard Coble from Greensboro in the GOP primary next year.

Hinson will become the first Republican to mount a primary challenge to Coble since he won the 6th District seat 25 years ago.

Hinson, who has a background in business and education, was scheduled to announce her congressional bid during an event in her native High Point Thursday night. Hinson told The High Point Enterprise earlier this week that she respects Coble, but believes it's time for a change in representation.

Coble said Thursday he plans to seek a 14th term next year. The 6th District, which has the highest percentage of Republican voters among the state's 13 congressional districts, reaches from Rowan to Alamance County and includes all of Randolph County and parts of Davidson and Guilford counties.

Hinson, a lifelong Republican, is making her first bid for public office.

"I am not so naive as to think these things can happen overnight, but I have a vision of where I believe the people would like to see their country go," said Hinson, the manager of the Union Square furniture showroom building. "I am announcing early for name recognition purposes. I have the education and business experience to qualify me to be a representative. We are experiencing a two-tier system -- the 'elitist' attitude of the majority of Congress, and the people of the United States."

The filing period for next year's elections is Feb. 8-26. The party primaries are May 4.

Hinson's positions include a tax incentive for small business to spur job creation, proof of legal status before any government aid is given, election money from voters per district, limited terms in office and an end to congressional junkets.