Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 2003, Barbour ghọrọ gọvanọ Republican nke abụọ nke Mississippi kemgbe Reconstruction mgbe o meriri onye isi oche Democratic bụ Ronnie Musgrove. Dịka gọvanọ, o lekọtara mmeghachi omume steeti ya na oke ifufe Katrina na
2010 Deepwater Horizon mmanụ nsị, steeti abụọ kasị emebi gburugburu ebe obibi ọdachi ebe ọ bụ na 1927 Mississippi River idei mmiri. A na-atụ anya na Barbour ga-abụ onye ga-azọ ọkwa onye isi ala n'afọ 2012, mana ọ kwupụtara na ọ gaghị agba ọsọ n'ọnwa Eprel 2011.