Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 2003, Barbour akava gavhuna wechipiri weRepublican weMississippi kubvira paKuvandudzwa apo akakunda mutongi weDemocratic Ronnie Musgrove. Somubati wehurumende akatarisira mhinduro dzenyika yake kuDutu rinonzi Katrina uye
2010 Deepwater Horizon mafuta anodonha, nyika mbiri dzinokuvadza zvikuru njodzi dzezvakatipoteredza kubvira 1927 Mississippi Rwizi mafashamo. Barbour aitarisirwa kuva musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika muna 2012, asi akazivisa kuti haazomiriri muna Kubvumbi 2011.