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Former Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman is eyeing Florida for the headquarters of his 2012 presidential campaign, should he decide to run.

Huntsman, the former Republican governor of Utah, could locate his campaign headquarters in Orlando, smack dab in the middle of the key swing state of Florida.

The decision to locate his headquarters in Florida can be attributed in part to the fact that his wife, Mary Kaye, hails from Orlando and has family and friends there. The state's also a big fundraising base, and the ability to win Florida is sometimes seen as a bellwether for a candidate's electability.

Huntsman's campaign-in-waiting acknowledged as much.

"Florida is an important state to have a presence in both for the primary and general," said a spokesman for Huntsman's H PAC.