Susan Hutchison—the "nonpartisan" former TV anchor who's running for King County Executive—has given thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to Republicans over the years—and not one dime to Democrats. (She was also a board member of the right-wing, creationist Discovery Institute until the end of 2007, and a supporter of Mike Huckabee in last year's presidential election, as I reported yesterday). Hutchison was one of the leading proponents of last year's Initiative 26, which allowed Republicans to hide their party affiliation in liberal King County by making all King County offices "nonpartisan."

Have a look at Hutchison's campaign contributions over the last few years:

2008
$500 to Republican Congressman Dave Reichert
$375 to Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi
$250 to Republican Congresswoman Cathy McMorris (now McMorris Rodgers)

2007
$1000 to Citizens for Accountable Elections, the group that made the King County Elections Director a nonpartisan elected position
$700 to Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi
$500 to Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee
$100 to Republican King County prosecutor Dan Satterberg

2006
$2,000 to Republican Congressman Dave Reichert
$1,000 to Republican Congresswoman Cathy McMorris (now McMorris Rodgers)
$1,000 to Republican Douglas Robert Roulstone, who ran against Democratic Congressman Rick Larsen
$250 to Republican Supreme Court candidate Stephen Johnson, a darling of the religious right
$100 to the Mainstream Republicans of Washington

2005
$1000 to ChangePAC, a BIAW-funded group that supported Republican Dino Rossi
$500 to Republican Congreeman Dave Reichert
$250 to the King County Republicans' Central Committee
$100 to Conrad Lee, a Republican who sits on the Bellevue City Council
$50 to Jeff Sax, a Republican member of the Snohomish County Council
$50 to Jane Fellner, who ran against Seattle School Board incumbent Mary Bass

2004
$3,000 to Republican George Nethercutt, who ran against Sen. Patty Murray

2003
$500 to George W. Bush