WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Former vice-presidential candidate and ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has released a video hinting she might be a presidential candidate this year, officials said.
In the video released by Palin's political action committee Friday, Palin highlighted her appearance at the Iowa State Fair last week and alludes to a scheduled visit to the state next month, The Washington Post reported.
Palin is scheduled to give a speech at the Tea Party-organized Restoring America Rally in Indianola, Iowa, on Sept. 3. She ended her brief video with: "Thank You Iowa! See you again September 3rd."
Palin hasn't formally announced she will seek the Republican nomination, but she is getting close to a self-imposed deadline in which she said she would announce her decision.
Palin's latest effort is an attempt to keep her name in the media, the Post said. Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Rep. Michele Bachman, R-Minn., are competing for same conservative voters Palin would woo if she decides to seek the nomination.
