Romney and Jeb Bush to Meet in Utah

WASHINGTON — Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney are scheduled to meet privately this week in Utah, raising the possibility that the two former governors will find a way to avoid competing presidential campaigns that would split the Republican establishment next year, two prominent party members said Wednesday night.

The meeting was planned before Mr. Romney’s surprise announcement two weeks ago to donors in New York that he was considering a third run for the White House.

Establishment Republicans are eager for Mr. Romney to make his intentions clear, but he said in a speech in California on Monday that he had no timeline for making a decision.

A version of this article appears in print on January 22, 2015, on page A18 of the New York edition with the headline: Romney and Jeb Bush to Meet in Utah. Order Reprints| Today’s Paper|Subscribe

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