In 1978, Daxon was elected Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector, unseating 20-year Democratic incumbent John M. Rogers.
The Supreme Court in a unanimous, landmark decision reinstated Daxon to the ballot, defining "election" for the first time as a process that began when a candidate filed with the state for office and concluded the following January when the Oklahoma legislature meet to certify the results.
Since Daxon turned 31 on December 19, 1978, he met the state requirements by mere days and became the youngest person ever elected to statewide office in Oklahoma.
He formed an investigative unit that exposed questionable practices in certain license plate agencies and at the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.
He also introduced modern auditing techniques that included operational reviews of audited agencies financial reporting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, leading Oklahoma to become the first state to issue comprehensive GAAP-basis general purpose financial statements, using its own staff.
In 1993 Daxon became the Manager of Quality Assurance for Arthur Andersen and oversaw major elements of the Resolution Trust Corporation.
His team eliminated a nationally publicized backlog of unreconciled accounts and worked with outside auditors to obtain the RTC's first clean audit opinion.
While employed by Arthur Anderson in 1994, Daxon was appointed as head of a delegation from the firm tasked with providing financial advice to Orange County, California, following an investment fund melt-down which resulted in the loss of at least $1.5 billion through high-risk investments in derivatives, the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history filed under Chapter 9 in December 1994, and the resignation and subsequent criminal prosecution of Orange County Treasurer Robert Citron.
When Democrat Brad Henry was elected governor, Daxon was appointed interim general administrator for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
As Director, he provided fiscal analysis to the House speaker and Appropriation and Budget committee chairmen and oversaw all performance reviews of state agency operations.
Ben is an anesthesiologist who heads the Critical Care Fellowship program at The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.