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In 2017, Barker ran as an independent and defeated four-term incumbent Johnny DuPree to become Hattiesburg's 35th mayor.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"31 December 1981","date":"1981-12-31"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865777#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Meridian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118152"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865777#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865777#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865777#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Republican Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29468"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865777#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Southern Mississippi","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q624090"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865777#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"member of the Mississippi House of Representatives","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17487661"},{"text":"mayor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185","date":"2024-11"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865777#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Barker","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865777"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Toby Barker born?","a":"Toby Barker was born on 31 December 1981 in Meridian."},{"q":"What positions has Toby Barker held?","a":"Positions held by Toby Barker include: member of the Mississippi House of Representatives; mayor."},{"q":"Where did Toby Barker study?","a":"Toby Barker was educated at University of Southern Mississippi."}],"related":[{"name":"Chuck Espy","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chuck-espy"},{"name":"Gene Alday","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gene-alday"},{"name":"George Flaggs Jr.","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/george-flaggs-jr"},{"name":"Andrew Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-johnson"},{"name":"Ehud Olmert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-olmert"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Ekrem İmamoğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekrem-imamoglu"},{"name":"Nir Barkat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nir-barkat"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/toby-barker-c127afe637.jpg","width":500,"height":626,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Kenneth C. 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Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Toby Barker\". DigiNepal. Last updated 8 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/toby-barker. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-08T08:56:59Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/toby-barker","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/toby-barker","ne":null}}