Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Barr ya lashe zaben farko na Republican kuma ya sake samun tallafin kuɗi daga Kwamitin Kamfen na Republican na Kasa a cikin yakin neman zabensa. Lokacin da Chandler ya yanke shawarar kada ya halarci Babban Taron Demokradiyya na 2012, Barr ya zarge shi da cewa yana ƙoƙarin kauce wa haɗuwa da Shugaba Barack Obama, wanda ke neman wa'adi na biyu amma wanda ba shi da mashahuri tare da yawancin masu jefa kuri'a a Kentucky. Mai magana da yawun Chandler ya tabbatar da cewa Chandler yana da alƙawura na baya a gundumar sa a wannan makon, amma ya goyi bayan sake zaɓen Obama. An zabi Barr don ba da taƙaitaccen jawabi a taron Republican na 2012
, wanda a lokacin da ya zargi Obama ta gane maƙiya zuwa ga masana'antar kwal. Ma'aikatan yakin neman zaben Chandler sun soki shawarar Barr na halartar taron, suna mai cewa ya kamata ya yi amfani da lokacin a gundumar sa, ya san mutanen da ke wurin sosai. Sun kuma yi ba'a game da gaskiyar cewa bayan fage don jawabin Barr hoto ne na garin Louisville, wanda ba a cikin gundumar ta 6 ba; Kamfanin Barr ya yi adawa da cewa ba su da hannu wajen zaɓar bayan fage.