WEB EXTRA: Mike Huckabee stops in Southwest Virginia, eyes presidential bid

ROANOKE (WSLS 10) - It's not official.. but former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is moving toward a second run for president. 

The former Fox News host made stops at Barnes & Noble locations in Roanoke and Lynchburg Monday to sign his new book.. God, Guns, Grits and Gravy.

Huckabee is no stranger to Southwest Virginia. He gained plenty of support from our area during his first presidential bid in 2008.

"John McCain beat me here but I had a little over 40 percent of the vote with most of it coming from Southwest Virginia," he said. "As I look at the future, it's building on the base that I had when I ran before and then trying to get voters that didn't know who I was eight years ago."

Huckabee expects to run but won't make a final decision until this spring.