Karrin Margaret Taylor Robson (/ˈroʊbsən/ ROBE-sən, née Kunasek, born July 28, 1964)[2][3] is an American attorney, land use consultant and politician.
Taylor Robson ran in the Republican primary in the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election but finished second to Donald Trump-backed Kari Lake.
[7] Taylor Robson earned her Bachelor of Arts in history and political science from Arizona State University (ASU) in 1988.
[9] Taylor Robson was executive vice president of Scottsdale, Arizona-based DMB Associates, a real estate developer.
[14] Ducey appointed Taylor Robson to the Arizona Board of Regents in June 2017[15][11] and reappointed her to a full eight-year term in 2020.
[21] Taylor Robson was also endorsed by former Arizona Republican congressman Matt Salmon, who ran for the gubernatorial nomination but withdrew from the race in late June 2022,[22] and by Mike Pence, the former vice president under Donald Trump.
[26] During her campaign for the Republican primary nomination, Taylor Robson refused to say whether, if she had been governor, she would have certified the results of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona, in which Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump.
"[29] During her campaign, Taylor Robson said that she would enforce Arizona's pre-Roe abortion ban, which would criminalize the action in most circumstances.