Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (born December 13, 1948 in Washington, D.C.) is an American rock guitarist. He worked with Steely Dan before leaving for the Doobie Brothers in 1974. He later did work for the television show King of the Hill.

Baxter is also a self-taught expert on missile defense systems and strategic planning, and serves in this capapcity as a consultant-adviser to The Pentagon.

He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Congress in an election for a seat in the San Fernando Valley of California in 2000.