{{Short description|American political operative}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Rob Axson |office = Chair of the Utah Republican Party |term_start = April 22, 2023 |term_end = |predecessor = Carson Jorgensen |successor = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |education = University of Utah (BA) }} '''Robert Axson''' is an American political operative serving as the Chairman of the Utah Republican Party since 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Utah Republican Party {{!}} The UT GOP Leadership |url=https://utgop.org/leadership/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=The Utah Republican Party |language=en-US}}</ref> He previously served as a staffer to Utah Senator Mike Lee and as vice-chairman of the Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-17 |title=Rob Axson and Mike Bird vie to lead Utah Republican Party |url=https://www.deseret.com/2023/3/17/23645177/rob-axson-mike-bird-utah-state-party-chair-carson-jorgensen-jordan-hess-olivia-dawn |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Axson - Salt Lake County Republican Party |url=https://slcogop.com/team_mf/robert-axson/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=slcogop.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
Axson was elected unopposed as chairman after his only opponent, Republican Party state treasurer Mike Bird, dropped out of the race.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-28 |title=Mike Bird drops out of race, Rob Axson will become Utah GOP state party chair |url=https://www.deseret.com/2023/3/28/23660244/mike-bird-drops-out-of-race-rob-axson-will-become-utah-gop-state-party-chair |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Mark |date=2023-04-15 |title=Get to know the new likely chair of the Utah Republican Party |url=https://kslnewsradio.com/1999812/get-to-know-the-new-chair-of-the-utah-republican-party/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=KSLNewsRadio |language=en-us}}</ref>
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