Former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich is toying with a 2016 presidential run, adding another name to an already substantial list of potential Republican contenders.
Ehrlich, who was the state’s governor from 2003 until 2007, spoke at a lobster bake in Lanconia, N.H., on Saturday, according to the Washington Post.
In addition to the lobster bake, which was hosted by a group of Young Republicans, he gave remarks to a GOP dinner in Nashua N.H. the night before.
“I haven’t done this in a while. But I would like to be a voice that’s heard not just in Maryland but in the country,” the 56-year-old former governor told the Post.
Ehrlich was invited to New Hampshire by Matt Mayberry, a Republican businessman from the state, who pins Ehlrich as a “dark horse presidential candidate.”
Ehrlich’s potential candidacy sets up an unusual rivalry.
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who defeated Ehrlich in 2006 and again in 2010, is also considering a run for the Democratic nomination. Like Ehrlich, he’s considered a longshot candidate.
