Haley Barbour

Republican Haley Barbour is the current Governor of Mississippi. He was re-elected in 2007 and is now serving in his second term. Rumors have emerged that he is considering a run for the Presidency in 2012.

On July 7, 2009, Governor Barbour testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works regarding the energy bill recently passed by the House of Representatives.http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&tID=5&src=atom&atom=todays_events.xml&products_id=287502-2

Barbour worked on Richard Nixon's Presidential campaign in 1968 while still in college. He earned a Juris Doctor and began practicing law after graduating in 1972.

Barbour unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in 1982. In the early 1990s, he set up a lobbying firm and became the Republican National Committee Chairman. He was elected as the 63rd Governor of Mississippi in 2003.