Mary Wills Bode is an American politician who served as a member of the

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from 2023 to 2024. A

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from

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, she represented the 18th district.

Education

Bode is a graduate of

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The R ...

and the

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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

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. In the

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, she endorsed the

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alongside the rest of the senate caucus.

Family

Her father is an Army veteran who graduated from

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. Her mother Lucy Hancock Bode worked for the Department of Human Resources under Governor

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References

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