Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) on Thursday endorsed real estate developer Karrin Taylor Robson in the battleground state’s GOP primary race for governor, arguing that she is best positioned to succeed him over a Trump-backed candidate.
The endorsement puts Ducey, a two-term governor who is head of the national Republican Governors Association, head-to-head against former president Donald Trump and his favored candidate, former TV anchor Kari Lake.
Speculation had been growing for months over whether Ducey would endorse in a bitter primary race largely defined by illegal immigration, border security, the economy and whether the two leading candidates accepted the results of the 2020 presidential election. Ducey is term-limited.
“I’ve looked at each of the candidates for Governor this year, and there’s no question who is the proven conservative ready to lead on Day One: Karrin Taylor Robson,” Ducey said in a written statement. “I’m proud to offer Karrin my complete endorsement.”
Ducey generally has been in good standing with many traditional conservatives but less so with Trump and grass-roots Republicans after he silenced a phone call from the former president in December 2020 as he certified the state’s 2020 election results. Trump has mocked Ducey and dismissed him as a RINO — Republican in name only — for his unwillingness to back Trump’s false claims of widespread electoral fraud and a rigged 2020 election.
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