The Yazoo County native received a degree from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1973. In 1982, he was the Republican candidate for United States Senate but lost in a landslide to incumbent Democrat John C. Stennis. Afterwards, Barbour was President Ronald Reagan's Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs[?] for two years. During his tenure as Republican National Committee[?] chairman from 1993 to 1997, the Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress and gained a majority of governorships. Barbour went on to become an influential lobbyist and served as chairman of then-Governor George W. Bush's presidential campaign advisory committee in 2000. In 2003, he announced his intention to run in the Mississippi governorship race.
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