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In this March 19, 2011, file photo, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour speaks during the California Republican Convention in Sacramento, Calif. The 2012 Republican presidential field is deeply flawed, lacking a serious GOP contender without a personal misstep or policy move that angers the party base. Those weighing bids have at least one issue that looms as an obstacle to their White House ambitions, and that could derail them if not handled with care. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater, File)
Barbour will visit Carson City on Tuesday.
He was White House political director for President Ronald Reagan during the mid-1980s, and ran for governor in Mississippi in 2003, unseating one-term Democratic Gov. Ronnie Musgrove. Barbour was re-elected in 2007 and cannot seek another term.
In the past several weeks, Barbour has traveled to several early primary or caucus states, including Iowa and South Carolina. He spoke this past weekend at the California Republican Convention and last week in Chicago.
Barbour says it will be at least April before he decides whether he's fully committed to a presidential run.