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'''Donna Jean King Hutchinson''' (born August 23, 1949) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 98, which during her time in the legislature included part of populous Benton County in northwestern [[Arkansas]]. A resident of Bella Vista, she was initially elected to the House in 2006 and assumed her position in January 2007.

'''Donna Jean King Hutchinson''' (born August 23, 1949) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 98, which during her time in the legislature included part of populous Benton County in northwestern [[Arkansas]]. A resident of Bella Vista, she was initially elected to the House in 2006 and assumed her position in January 2007.

    

    

Her son, [[Jeremy Hutchinson]] (born 1974) is a former state representative who has served since 2011 in the  Arkansas State Senate. Another son, [[Timothy Chad Hutchinson]], Jeremy's twin, of Springdale, Arkansas, previously served with his mother in the state House. A third son is Joshua Luke Hutchinson (born c. 1978). Hutchinson's former husband, from whom she was divorced in 1999 after twenty-nine years of marriage, is [[Tim Hutchinson]], the Republican U.S. senator from Arkansas from 1997 to 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecabin.net/stories/081300/sta_0813000084.html|title=Sen. Tim Hutchinson to wed former staffer, August 13, 2000|publisher=thecabin.net|accessdate=June 30, 2012}}</ref> Her former brother-in-law is current Arkansas [[Governor]] [[Asa Hutchinson]], who was the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2006, the same year that Donna Hutchison was elected to the state House. Prior to his election to the Senate in 1996, Tim Hutchinson had like his brother Asa also held the Third District U.S. House seat.

Her son, [[Jeremy Hutchinson]] (born 1974) is a former state representative who has served since 2011 in the  Arkansas State Senate. Another son, [[Timothy Chad Hutchinson]], Jeremy's twin, of Springdale, Arkansas, previously served with his mother in the state House. A third son is Joshua Luke Hutchinson (born c. 1978). Hutchinson's former husband, from whom she was divorced in 1999 after twenty-nine years of marriage, is [[Tim Hutchinson]], the Republican U.S. senator from Arkansas from 1997 to 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecabin.net/stories/081300/sta_0813000084.html|title=Sen. Tim Hutchinson to wed former staffer, August 13, 2000|publisher=thecabin.net|accessdate=June 30, 2012}}</ref> Her former brother-in-law is former Arkansas [[Governor]] [[Asa Hutchinson]], who was the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2006, the same year that Donna Hutchison was elected to the state House. Prior to his election to the Senate in 1996, Tim Hutchinson had like his brother Asa also held the Third District U.S. House seat. In 2023, Asa Hutchinson, after completing two terms as Arkansas governor announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. He, like [[Chris Christie]] of [[New Jersey]], is a staunch opponent of former [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]].

    

    

An [[American Indian]], Hutchinson is a member of the Blackfoot tribe. A native of New Bern, [[North Carolina]], she was reared in a military family and lived in twenty-nine different locations as a child. She holds a master's degree in education from the [[University of Arkansas]] in Fayetteville and is employed as a professional mediator. She is a non-denominational [[Christian]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/196/donna-hutchinson|title=Donna Hutchinson, R-98|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=June 30, 2012}}</ref>

An [[American Indian]], Hutchinson is a member of the Blackfoot tribe. A native of New Bern, [[North Carolina]], she was reared in a military family and lived in twenty-nine different locations as a child. She holds a master's degree in education from the [[University of Arkansas]] in Fayetteville and is employed as a professional mediator. She is a non-denominational [[Christian]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/196/donna-hutchinson|title=Donna Hutchinson, R-98|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=June 30, 2012}}</ref>