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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann said Tuesday that she may consider taking another run at the presidency in 2016.

 interview with political news website RealClearPolitics

, Bachmann was asked whether any Republican women would jump into the race.

“The only thing that the media has speculated on is that it’s going to be various men that are running,” she said. “They haven’t speculated, for instance, that I’m going to run. What if I decide to run? And there’s a chance I could run.” 

Bachmann previously ran for president in the 2012 election. Although she came in first in the Ames Straw Poll, she floundered in the Iowa Caucuses and announced the next day that she was suspending her campaign. She told 

that her previous experience running for president would be a plus.

“Practice makes perfect,” she told the 

 “If a person has gone through the process -- for instance, I had gone through 15 presidential debates -- it’s easy to see a person’s improvement going through that.”

Bachmann is set to retire from Congress at the end of the year. If she does decide to run for president, she said she'll focus on building a strong campaign infrastructure.

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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann said Tuesday that she may consider taking another run at the presidency in 2016.

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