Washington ( CNN ) -- Jeb Bush will be the star attraction at a Republican fundraiser in South Carolina next month , his first trip to an early presidential primary state as a possible contender for the Republican nomination in 2016 . Bush , the former governor of Florida and a darling of the Republican Party 's donor class , will headline a closed-door October 23 fundraiser for South Carolina Gov . Nikki Haley , according to a copy of the invitation obtained by CNN . The high-dollar event will be held at the Capital City Club in downtown Columbia , a short walk from the South Carolina State House , putting Bush in the room with some of the early primary state 's biggest GOP movers and shakers . How to campaign without campaigning . Couples who pledge $ 10,000 for Haley 's re-election bid and the South Carolina Republican Party are offered the chance to participate in a `` roundtable discussion '' with Bush , while other GOP donors will be able to attend a private reception and photo op with the former governor . No public campaign events are scheduled . Bush has political ties to the state , thanks to his brother George W. Bush 's hard-fought primary victory there in 2000 over John McCain . Bush family loyalists and financial backers of that campaign have been angling to get Jeb Bush to visit South Carolina for months , but he has kept a relatively low profile for much of this midterm year despite pleas from admirers to step more aggressively into the political arena . Still , Bush has put his expansive financial network to work for midterm candidates this year from his perch in Florida , hosting a cascade of fundraisers for Republicans , including an earlier event for Haley in Jacksonville that raised over $ 150,000 for her campaign . He also headlined Florida events for Iowa Gov . Terry Branstad and Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky . On Tuesday night , he is hosting a reception for GOP Senate candidates in Tampa . Politico reported this week that Bush also plans to hit the campaign trail in the coming weeks for Senate candidates in Kansas and North Carolina . Like most politicians dabbling in 2016 speculation , Bush has said he will decide whether or not to run for president sometime after the midterm elections .
Bush will travel to Kentucky 2016 . The trip marks his first stop to an early presidential primary state in the next month cycle . Bush is thinking about running for the Republican Senate presidential nomination .