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{Infobox person
| name=Ada Belle Parks Mills<br>
| name=Ada Belle Parks Mills<br>
(John Connally's only committed delegate at the 1980 Republican National Convention)
(John Connally's only committed delegate at the 1980 Republican National Convention)
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'''Ada Belle Parks Mills''' (March 4, 1912 – September 30, 2001)<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?sn=Mills&fn=Ada&start=40|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=September 8, 2010; under pay wall}}</ref> was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] political activist in her native [[Arkansas]]. In 1980, she was the only delegate initially committed to the candidacy for president of former [[Governor]] [[John Connally|John B. Connally, Jr.]], of [[Texas]]. Connally spent some $11 million in his 13-month primary campaign, which ended in withdrawal following his loss to [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]] in the [[South Carolina]] [[primary]]. Mrs. Mills received brief national media attention as the "$11 million delegate."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921859,00.html|title=Adieu, Big John|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' [[magazine]], March 24, 1980|date=March 24, 1980|accessdate=September 8, 2010}}</ref>
'''Ada Belle Parks Mills''' (March 4, 1912 – September 30, 2001)<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?sn=Mills&fn=Ada&start=40|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=September 8, 2010; under pay wall}}</ref> was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] political activist in her native [[Arkansas]]. In 1980, she was the only delegate initially committed to the candidacy for president of former [[Governor]] [[John Connally|John B. Connally, Jr.]], of [[Texas]]. Connally spent some $11 million in his 13-month primary campaign, which ended in withdrawal following his loss to [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]] in the [[South Carolina]] [[primary]]. Mrs. Mills received brief national media attention as the "$11 million delegate."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921859,00.html|title=Adieu, Big John|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' [[magazine]], March 24, 1980|date=March 24, 1980|accessdate=September 8, 2010}}</ref>