Mary Wills Bode | |
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Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 18th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Sarah Crawford |
Personal details | |
Born | Wake County,North Carolina |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Oxford,North Carolina |
Alma mater | Wake Forest University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Website | https://www.bode4senate.com/ |
Mary Wills Bode is an American politician who has served as a member of the North Carolina Senate since January 1,2023. A Democrat from Oxford,she represents the 18th district. [1]
Bode is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [2]
Bode served as a member of the North Carolina Real Estate Commission. [2] She was previously the executive director of a bipartisan coalition for reform of redistricting. [3]
Bode was elected in the 2022 North Carolina Senate election. She is retiring at the 2024 North Carolina Senate election. [4]
In the 2024 United States presidential election,she endorsed the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign alongside the rest of the senate caucus. [5]
Her father is an Army veteran who graduated from West Point Academy. [6] Her mother Lucy Hancock Bode worked for the Department of Human Resources under Governor Jim Hunt. [7]
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