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Barrow held her House seat from 2005 to 2016. In  June 2005,  she won a [[special election]] to succeed fellow African-American Democrat Sharon Weston Broome, who was elected that year to the state Senate.<ref name=rab/> She had been Broome's House legislative assistant.<ref name=pvs/> Barrow won her first full term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007, when she polled 6,239 votes (64.6 percent) over a fellow Democrat, Sarah Holliday, with 2,282 (23.6 percent), and a [[Republican Party|Republican]], Harold A. Williams, formerly of [[Baltimore]],  [[Maryland]], who received the remaining 1,143 votes (11.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> In 2011, she won by a similar margin, 64 to 36 percent, over another Democrat, Edmond Jordan (born June 1971) of West Baton Rouge Parish.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>

Barrow held her House seat from 2005 to 2016. In  June 2005,  she won a [[special election]] to succeed fellow African-American Democrat Sharon Weston Broome, who was elected that year to the state Senate.<ref name=rab/> She had been Broome's House legislative assistant.<ref name=pvs/> Barrow won her first full term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007, when she polled 6,239 votes (64.6 percent) over a fellow Democrat, Sarah Holliday, with 2,282 (23.6 percent), and a [[Republican Party|Republican]], Harold A. Williams, formerly of [[Baltimore]],  [[Maryland]], who received the remaining 1,143 votes (11.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> In 2011, she won by a similar margin, 64 to 36 percent, over another Democrat, Edmond Jordan (born June 1971) of West Baton Rouge Parish.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>

   

   

Representative Barrow is a former vice-chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus and is a member of the Legislative Black Caucus and  the Democratic Caucus. She was the vice-chair of both the House Executive Committee and the Special Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs. She served on these House mittees: (1) Health and Welfare, (2) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs, (3) Ways and Means, and (4) Joint Legislative on Capital Outlay.<ref name=pvs/>

Representative Barrow is a former vice-chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus and is a member of the Legislative Black Caucus and  the Democratic Caucus. She was the vice-chair of both the House Executive Committee and the Special Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs. She served on these House committees: (1) Health and Welfare, (2) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs, (3) Ways and Means, and (4) Joint Legislative on Capital Outlay.<ref name=pvs/>

Barrow's House ratings ranged from 26 to 67 percent from the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. In 2012. the National Federation of Independent Business rated Barrow 17 percent. In both 2013 and 2014, the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum scored her 50 percent. In 2013 and 2014, she was rated 75 and 100  percent, respectively, by Louisiana [[Right to Life]]. She was rated 100 percent in both 2013 and 2014 by the Louisiana Association of Educators. In 2006, she was rated 64 percent by the Humane Society. In 2005, she was scored 75 percent by the Louisiana Hospital Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/56506/regina-barrow#.VT5y-MstGhw|title=Regina Barrow's Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=September 1, 2020}}</ref>

Barrow's House ratings ranged from 26 to 67 percent from the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. In 2012. the National Federation of Independent Business rated Barrow 17 percent. In both 2013 and 2014, the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum scored her 50 percent. In 2013 and 2014, she was rated 75 and 100  percent, respectively, by Louisiana [[Right to Life]]. She was rated 100 percent in both 2013 and 2014 by the Louisiana Association of Educators. In 2006, she was rated 64 percent by the Humane Society. In 2005, she was scored 75 percent by the Louisiana Hospital Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/56506/regina-barrow#.VT5y-MstGhw|title=Regina Barrow's Ratings and Endorsements|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=September 1, 2020}}</ref>