As the field for the 2020 GOP U.S. senatorial nomination is sorting itself out with three formally declared candidates thus far, one potential prominent candidate still has yet to make his intentions publicly known.

Secretary of State John Merrill is one of the possible hopefuls that could join a field that includes U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope), State Rep. Arnold Mooney (R-Indian Springs) and former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville.

During a wide-ranging interview that aired Friday on Huntsville radio’s WVNN and included details about his recent trip to China and the Secretary of State “Democracy Tour” he hosted earlier this month, Merrill said his an announcement about his decision was still forthcoming.

“It’s funny how that date keeps getting moved up from people that I talk to, Jeff,” Merrill explained on “The Jeff Poor Show.” “Because what I said originally was around Memorial Day, the end of the month of May — as we get toward the end of the session, then we’ll make a decision public. And that’s where we still are. It’s not going to be done by Monday.”

“But it will be done after the end of the session as we evaluate where we are and what kind of commitments we have, and where we feel like we need to be,” he continued. “And so, right about the end of May, the end of next week, the first week of June, we’ll be making a public statement about what our intentions are, what we hope to accomplish as far as that is concerned.”

@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University, the editor of Breitbart TV and host of “The Jeff Poor Show” from 2-5 p.m. on WVNN in Huntsville.