14 Facts About Susan Hutchison

Susan Hutchison is an American television news journalist, educator, and politician.

Susan Hutchison served as chair of the Washington State Republican Party from 2013 to 2018 and was a candidate for the United States Senate in 2018.

Susan Hutchison is a professor for Seattle Pacific University's MBA program, instructing graduate students in managerial communications.

Susan Hutchison spent most of her 25-year journalism career as a news anchor at KIRO-TV news in Seattle, a CBS affiliate, where she received five regional Emmy Awards for writing and producing.

Susan Hutchison's father was a pilot in the US Air Force.

Susan Hutchison became the weekend news anchor, and then the weekday evening news anchor and producer.

Susan Hutchison worked as the evening anchor for more than 20 years, earning five Emmy Awards.

In 2003, Susan Hutchison was hired as the executive director of the Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences.

When Sims stepped down in April 2009, Susan Hutchison announced her candidacy for the non-partisan office of King County executive.

In 2013, Susan Hutchison became the chair of the Washington State Republican Party.

Susan Hutchison resigned in February 2018 amid speculation she would take a position with the administration of President Donald Trump.

Susan Hutchison was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for the US Senate in the 2018 election, losing to incumbent Democrat Maria Cantwell.

In 1976, she married high school classmate Andy Susan Hutchison, who became an executive with the Boeing Company.

Susan Hutchison is a retired Marine Corps colonel and a 1976 graduate of the US Naval Academy.