A lifelong resident of Lincoln County, Mary is the owner of C.I.S. Insurance Group. She is a graduate of Tomahawk High School and the University of Wisconsin–River Falls. Mary has two children, three step-children, and four grandchildren.
Mary comes from a family of independent business owners. Her father, Edward Behling, owned and operated Tomahawk Tree Farm and Behling Insurance. Mary’s grandmother, Dolly Roberts and mother June Behling, operated the Bowling Alley Gril, and founded June’s Delicatessen in the Nokomis area.
Mary was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 2020 as the representative for the 12th Senate District. She is the Chair of the Senate Committee on Insurance and Small Business, and serves as a member of the Joint Committee on Finance, the Senate Committee on Health, and the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage.
Previously, she represented the 35th Assembly District beginning in 2012, where she served as a member of the Joint Committee on Finance for two sessions and as the Assistant Majority Leader for the Assembly Republicans.
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