(Columbia, S.C.) (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Tuesday that he’ll soon decide whether to join the sprawling field of candidates seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

“I’ve said clearly, in the next couple of weeks, I’ll make the final determination,” McAuliffe said during a visit to the Statehouse in South Carolina, home of the first Southern presidential primary of 2020. “So, I’m traveling around, but out of all those early states, I have a lot of strength here in South Carolina.”

McAuliffe, 62, began popping up in early-voting states late last year, campaigning with candidates in Iowa and New Hampshire as he explored a possible run for the White House. In January, the longtime Democratic power player used his old state political action committee to raise big money and cut checks to Democrats in both states, with campaign finance reports showing the PAC raised $300,000 in the second half of 2018.