U.S. Rep. Steve King said Monday that he is more likely to run for governor next year in light of the Iowa Supreme Court's ruling last week overturning the state's ban on gay marriage.

"When these kinds of things happen, it sucks me into the Iowa policy in a way that I haven't been sucked into it in a while," King told The Des Moines Register. "It's not a predominant component. But when these kinds of things happen, does it make me more or less likely? The answer is more likely."