Mary Wills Bode | |
State Senate: | North Carolina |
State: | North Carolina |
District: | 18th |
Term Start: | January 1, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Sarah Crawford |
Alma Mater: | Wake Forest University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Birth Place: | Wake County, North Carolina |
Residence: | Oxford, North Carolina |
Party: | Democratic |
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 Democratic 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. 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]
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]