Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 2003, Barbour akava gavhuna wechipiri weRepublican weMississippi kubvira paKuvakazve paakakunda mutungamiri weDemocratic Ronnie Musgrove. Somubati wehurumende akatarisira mhinduro dzehurumende yake kuHurricane Katrina uye 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill
, njodzi mbiri dzinoparadza zvikurusa dzomunzvimbomo kubvira pamafashamo omurwizi rweMississippi muna 1927. Barbour aitarisirwa kuva musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika muna 2012, asi akazivisa kuti haazomiriri muna Kubvumbi 2011.