# Rob Axson

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{{Short description|American political operative}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Rob Axson
|office      = Chair of the [Utah Republican Party](/source/Utah_Republican_Party)
|term_start  = April 22, 2023
|term_end    = 
|predecessor = [Carson Jorgensen](/source/Carson_Jorgensen)
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|party       = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
|education   = [University of Utah](/source/University_of_Utah) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
}}
'''Robert Axson''' is an American political operative serving as the Chairman of the [Utah Republican Party](/source/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](/source/Utah) Senator [Mike Lee](/source/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](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) state [treasurer](/source/treasurer) [Mike Bird](/source/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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