Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott is not endorsing a candidate in the party's presidential race ahead of his state's March 15 primary.

"I have made it my practice to not get involved in primaries because picking the Republican candidate is the voters’ job," Scott wrote in a statement posted to Facebook on Thursday.

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"The political class opposed me when I first ran for office, they did not want a businessman outsider, but the voters had other ideas," he said.

"I trust the voters, so I will not try to tell the Republican voters in Florida how to vote by endorsing a candidate before our primary on March 15," Scott continued. "I believed in the voters when I first ran for office, and I still believe in them today."

Scott could have faced a tough choice. He has spoken favorably of front-runner Donald Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE, but the primary is also a must-win for home-state Sen. Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioFlorida senators pushing to keep Daylight Savings Time during pandemic Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings MORE.

There were reports on the night of Super Tuesday that Scott would endorse Trump, but a representative quickly denied those rumors.

"I have a lot of respect for Rick Scott. I don't know about his endorsement, but he's a friend of mine; I have a lot of respect for Rick Scott," Trump told reporters Tuesday night.

Scott penned an op-ed in January that was seen as favorable toward Trump. "[T]here is no doubt that Donald is a man who speaks and tweets his mind freely," he wrote.

"I continue to believe that economic growth and job creation is the most crucial issue for the next President to tackle," Scott said in his statement Thursday.

"We have turned our economy around here in Florida by bringing conservative free market principles to government. Without economic growth our country will fail to become stronger domestically or internationally."