Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'afọ 2003, Barbour ghọrọ gọvanọ Republican nke abụọ nke Mississippi kemgbe Reconstruction mgbe o meriri onye Democratic na-achị achị bụ Ronnie Musgrove. Dịka gọvanọ, o lekọtara mmeghachi omume steeti ya na oke ifufe Katrina na nsị mmanụ Deepwater Horizon nke 2010
, bụ ọdachi abụọ na-emerụ ahụ na steeti ahụ kemgbe idei mmiri Osimiri Mississippi nke afọ 1927. 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.