Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has announced an interest in running for the 2020 presidential election.

“It’s on my radar,” Patrick told KCUR recently during a radio interview where he promoted his event “An Evening with Deval Patrick: Reinvesting in America.”

He currently serves as the managing director at Bain Capital, where he's working on a new social good private equity fund called Double Impact that aims to encourage community building by investing in small businesses. It has raised $390 million for companies Patrick hopes will bring benefits to underserved areas, according to Politico.

The first African American governor in the state has also been vocal about issues related to gun laws.

“I hope this is a tipping point, mostly because I think it would break faith with the courage we are seeing from Parkland… they are what the democracy should be,” Patrick told the Star Editorial Board in reference to the Parkland, Florida, shooting in February that left 17 people dead. “There is a way to a solution which is not threatening to the fundamentals of the Second Amendment. It’s very hard for me to see the wisdom in the argument for why regular citizens should have military style weapons.”

Patrick notes that he has not yet made his final decision, and at the moment he intends to focus his efforts on figuring out how he can help candidates running in the 2018 mid-term election.

"I am trying to think through 2020, and that's a decision I'm trying to think through from a personal and family point of view and also whether what I believe is going to be on offer by somebody,” Patrick said. "And if it's on offer by somebody, then maybe what I can do is help that person, but we'll see."

Many high ranking officials support Patrick’s potential run, including Obama administration advisors David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett, according to The Hill.

Elected or not, Patrick is ready for a change in the U.S. government and hopes to steer away from Trump administration mandates.

"I'm concerned about the tone that he sets. I'm concerned about the lack of clarity, in terms of policy direction – the belittling of different or opposing points of view or individuals who hold them,” Patrick said. "I don't think that bodes well for the Democracy."

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