Susan Sylvester Hutchison (born March 24, 1954) is the Chairman of the Washington State Republican Party, having been elected in August 2013 and re-elected in January 2015. She is a former television news anchor and former political candidate in Seattle, Washington.Hutchison's 25-year career as a journalist began at KITV news in Honolulu and continued at KIRO-TV news in Seattle, where she received five regional Emmy Awards. In 2013, she was elected as chair of the Washington State Republican Party on August 24. Wikipedia