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Ada Sunquist served as Alamosa County, Colorado superintendent of schools in 1915 and is listed in a 1917-18 educational directory as holding that position. In 1916 she ran for Alamosa County Superintendent as the Republican candidate against Ruth D. Fish, a Democrat. Sunquist won the race. Sunquist had obtained an A.B. degree in 1913 from Colorado College.