Mary Wills Bode is an American politician who served as a member of the North Carolina Senate from 2023 to 2024. A Democrat from Oxford, she represented the 18th district.[1]
Education
Bode is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2]
Career
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.[citation needed]
Bode was elected in the 2022 North Carolina Senate election. She retired at the 2024 North Carolina Senate election.[3]
In the 2024 United States presidential election, she endorsed the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign alongside the rest of the senate caucus.[4]
Family
Her father is an Army veteran who graduated from West Point Academy.[5] Her mother Lucy Hancock Bode worked for the Department of Human Resources under Governor Jim Hunt.[6]
References
- ^ "Mary Wills Bode". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ a b "Rep. Mary Wills Bode". North Carolina Leadership Forum. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ Fain, Travis (December 14, 2023). "NC Senate scramble: Retiring House Democrat files for Senate instead". WRAL-TV. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ "NC Senate Democratic Caucus Endorses Kamala Harris for President". NC Political News. 2024-07-30. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ NC, Down Home (2022-10-02). "Mary Wills Bode for NC Senate District 18: This exceptional woman has our vote!". Welcome to Down Home!. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ "She left Wall Street to fight gerrymandering here". www.ncspin.com. Retrieved 2024-08-03.