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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LOUISIANAN GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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2004 Election > Total votes as percentage 63.1% [18th of 51]
2004 Election > Voting age population 3,218,000 [23rd of 51]
2004 Election > Youth voter turnout 48% [16th of 41]
Electoral Votes 9 [23rd of 51]
Gun Laws > Permits
No permit is needed to purchase firearms. A permit is required to carry a concealed handgun.
Gun Laws > Prohibited firearms
No person (with limited exceptions) shall sell, keep or offer for sale, loan or give away, purchase, possess, carry, or transport a machine gun.
Seats in the House of Representatives 7 seats [22nd of 50]
Southern Governors Association > Current Southern Governors > Elected/took office 2,007
Southern Governors Association > Current Southern Governors > Party Republican
Southern Governors Association > Current Southern Governors > Seat Up 2,011
State Attorney General > Current Attorney General
James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Jr.
State Attorney General > Party Democratic
State Attorney General > Term expires 2,011
State Attorney General > Took office 2,008
State court > Nomenclature > Court of Last Resort
Supreme Court
(-1813: Superior Court)
State court > Nomenclature > Intermediate Appellate Court
(Circuit) Court of Appeal
(5 circuits)
Statewide Office party strength > Current Party Strength > Lieutenant Governor Democratic
Statewide Office party strength > Current Party Strength > Secretary of State Democratic
Statewide Office party strength > Current Party Strength > Treasurer Republican
US Presidents by place of primary affiliation > Number 1 [8th of 18]

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SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005.; CIRCLE, The Center for Information and Reasearch on Civic Learning and Engagement; FirstGov Official Government website; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003; The United States House of Representatives; Wikipedia: Southern Governors Association; Wikipedia: State Attorney General; Wikipedia: State court ; Wikipedia: Statewide Office party strength in U.S. states; Wikipedia: List of United States Presidents by place of primary affiliation

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