Ada Fisher

Ada M. Fisher (October 21, 1947 – October 7, 2022) was an American physician from Salisbury, North Carolina, and a frequent Republican candidate for office. She challenged incumbent Mel Watt in North Carolina's 12th Congressional district in 2004 and 2006. Fisher said that she would like to be the first black Republican female elected to Congress; however, Mia Love actually became the first black Republican female elected to Congress.
A life member of the NAACP and a lifelong Republican, Fisher was the Republican National Committeewoman for the state of North Carolina. She never married but adopted two sons. She died on October 7, 2022, two weeks before her 75th birthday.