PHOENIX — A former Arizona governor said Wednesday that he is not ready to issue an endorsement in Arizona’s 2026 gubernatorial election.

“I think it’s early,” former Gov. Doug Ducey told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s The Mike Broomhead Show. “When I ran for governor in 2014, I didn’t kick off ’til March of next year. So, these campaigns, unfortunately, have become basically two-year campaigns.”

The Republican said he has heard from all three candidates running in the GOP primary — Karrin Taylor Robson, U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs and U.S. Rep. David Schweikert — and that he expects to speak with them more before declaring who he believes should be the state’s next governor.

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