FACTOID # 1: The total number of state executions in 2005 was 60: 19 in Texas and 41 elsewhere. The racial split was 19 Black and 41 White.
 
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The South > Delaware > Government

DELAWAREAN GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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2004 Election > Total votes as percentage 62.8% [19th of 51]
2004 Election > Voting age population 579,000 [45th of 51]
Electoral Votes 3 [49th of 51]
Gun Laws > Permits
A permit is not required to purchase firearms. A permit is required to carry a concealed handgun.
Gun Laws > Prohibited firearms
It is illegal, with limited exceptions, to sell, transfer, buy, receive, or possess a sawed-off shotgun or machine gun or any other firearm adaptable for use as a machine gun.
Seats in the House of Representatives 1 seats [48th of 50]
US gubernatorial elections, 1996 > Election results > Party
Democratic
US gubernatorial elections, 1996 > Election results > Status Re-elected, 69.5%
US gubernatorial elections, 2000 > Election results > Incumbent Thomas R. Carper
US gubernatorial elections, 2000 > Election results > Opposing Candidates
Ruth Ann Minner (Democratic) 59.2%
John M. Burris (Republican) 39.7%
Floyd McDowell (Ind. Delaware) 1.1%
US gubernatorial elections, 2000 > Election results > Party
Democratic
US gubernatorial elections, 2000 > Election results > Status
Term-Limited, Democratic victory
US gubernatorial elections, 2004 > Election results > Incumbent Ruth Ann Minner
US gubernatorial elections, 2004 > Election results > Opposing Candidates
William Swain Lee (Republican) 45.8%
Frank Infante (IPD) 3.4%
US gubernatorial elections, 2004 > Election results > Party
Democratic
US gubernatorial elections, 2004 > Election results > Status Re-elected, 50.9%
US Senate elections, 1982 > Election summary > Incumbent William V. Roth, Jr.
US Senate elections, 1982 > Election summary > Opposing Candidates
David N. Levinson (Democratic) 44.2%
US Senate elections, 1982 > Election summary > Party
Republican
US Senate elections, 1982 > Election summary > Status R55.2% [21st of 28]

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SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005.; FirstGov Official Government website; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003; The United States House of Representatives; Wikipedia: United States gubernatorial elections, 1996; Wikipedia: United States gubernatorial elections, 2000; Wikipedia: United States gubernatorial elections, 2004; Wikipedia: United States Senate elections, 1982

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