Mary Wills Bode


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, [North Carolina|Oxford], she represented the 18th Senate district|18th] district.

Education

Bode is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of [North Carolina at Chapel Hill].

Career

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.
Bode was elected in the 2022 [North Carolina Senate election]. She retired at the 2024 North Carolina Senate election.
In the 2024 [United States presidential election], she endorsed the Kamala [Harris 2024 presidential campaign] alongside the rest of the senate caucus.

Family

Her father is an Army veteran who graduated from West Point Academy. Her mother Lucy Hancock Bode worked for the Department of Human Resources under Governor Jim Hunt.