Beto O'Rourke on Tuesday told Oprah Winfrey that he is indeed considering a campaign for president.

"I have been thinking about running for president," O'Rourke told Winfrey as her studio audience went wild.

When Winfrey suggested that O'Rourke is leaning toward a White House run, he did not correct her, according to media at the event. He said he would make a decision by the end of the month.

The former Democratic congressman from El Paso said the decision would hinge on what his family wants to do.

"That's a big question for us to think through," O'Rourke said, according to reporters in the audience.

Winfrey interviewed O'Rourke as part of her Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations series. It will air on her TV network, OWN, and on her podcast at a later date.

.@BetoORourke on 2020: "That’s a big question for us to think through. I gotta tell you — I’m so excited at the prospect of being able to play that role. I want to make sure [w/ my family] that we’re all good with this..." — Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) February 5, 2019

Beto O’Rourke to Oprah: "We’re up to all these challenges. We just need a politics, a representation that reflects our values, our goodness, our kindness." — Matt Viser (@mviser) February 5, 2019

Oprah says she first noticed Beto O’Rourke during the border separations. Told her friend Gayle King to go find him: “He’s a tall guy. He looks sorta like Robert Kennedy or one of those Kennedy guys." — Matt Viser (@mviser) February 5, 2019

“I wanted to know what all the fuss was about,” Oprah says if Beto O’Rourke. “Are you the real deal?” pic.twitter.com/sVhPnMevGx — Matt Viser (@mviser) February 5, 2019

O'Rourke became a presidential contender after his close but unsuccessful run for Senate against Republican incumbent Ted Cruz. A mostly unknown congressman before the race, O'Rourke raised over $80 million for the campaign and lost by 2.6 percent, a breakthrough for Texas Democrats that haven't won a statewide race since 1994.

While O'Rourke deliberates on whether to run for president, a "Draft Beto" movement is pushing his candidacy, and he's received overtures from potential supporters in early primary states like Iowa and New Hampshire.

Last month, after admitting he was in a post-election, unemployment funk, O'Rourke took a trip along U.S. Route 54 from El Paso, through New Mexico, across the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, and through parts of Kansas.

"Have been stuck lately. In and out of a funk," O'Rourke wrote in a Medium post, adding that he has not been unemployed for about two decades. "Maybe if I get moving, on the road, meet people, learn about what's going on where they live, have some adventure, go where I don't know and I'm not known, it'll clear my head, reset, I'll think new thoughts, break out of the loops I've been stuck in."

O'Rourke was more upbeat with Winfrey, at one point asking her if she was running for president.

"Many of the questions you have been asking me, people would like to know the answer from you," he told Winfrey."

Beto turns the tables on Oprah: "Many of the questions you have been asking me, people would like to know the answer form you.” Will she run for president? — Matt Viser (@mviser) February 5, 2019

Throughout the interview O'Rourke sounded like he had already made up his mind.

"I'm increasingly excited about doing something," O'Rourke said.

For his Senate race, O'Rourke generally stuck to a positive message. His interview with Winfrey suggests he would be just as positive in a presidential race.

"We're up to all these challenges," he said. "We just need a politics, a representation that reflects our values, our goodness, our kindness."

He added: "We need politics that represent our kindness. Our democracy still works, and all of us understand that none of us have the luxury of sitting any of this out."

O'Rourke said his dramatic Senate race against Cruz showed him that "people are so good," but the result was crushing.

"I felt a profound disappointment in myself that I let so many people down," he said.

Some Texas Democrats hope O'Rourke abandons thoughts of running for president and instead mounts a 2020 Senate challenge against Republican incumbent John Cornyn.

Winfrey ended the conversation by telling O'Rourke: "You seem like you're getting ready to run."

Actor Bradley Cooper, who was also interviewed by Winfrey, said O'Rourke should get in the presidential sweepstakes.

"I hope he runs," Cooper said. "We need inspiration."

If he does enter the race, he'll join former San Antonio governor Julián Castro as Texans in a crowded field of mostly progressive Democrats. Castro, who served as secretary of housing during former President Barack Obama's second term, is scheduled to be a guest Tuesday night on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Other announced or exploring contenders include Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Kamala Harris of California, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Cory Booker of New Jersey. Possible candidates include former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the runner-up to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic Party primary.