Mary Wills Bode
Mary Wills Bode | |
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| Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 18th district | |
| In office January 1, 2023 – November 21, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sarah Crawford |
| Succeeded by | Terence Everitt |
| 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 served as a member of the North Carolina Senate from 2023 to 2024. A Democrat from Oxford, she represented the 18th district.[1]
Education
[edit]Bode is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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.
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