1994 Nevada gubernatorial election

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1994 Nevada gubernatorial election
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  1990 November 8, 1994 (1994-11-08) 1998  
  Bob Miller at an event, Dec 22, 1994 - cropped to Miller (cropped).jpg Jim Gibbons 1997.jpg
Nominee Bob Miller Jim Gibbons
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote200,026156,875
Percentage52.7%41.3%

1994 Nevada gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Miller:     40–50%     50–60%
Gibbons:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Governor before election

Bob Miller
Democratic

Elected Governor

Bob Miller
Democratic

The 1994 Nevada gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democrat Bob Miller won re-election to a second term as Governor of Nevada, defeating Republican nominee Jim Gibbons (who would later go on to narrowly win the governorship in 2006, twelve years later). This would be the last victory by a Democrat in a governors race in Nevada until Steve Sisolak's victory in the 2018 election twenty-four years later, and remains the last time that a Democratic governor has won re-election. As of 2023, this is the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected governor and lieutenant governor of Nevada respectively. This election was the first Nevada gubernatorial election since 1962 in which the winner of the gubernatorial election was of the same party as the incumbent president.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidate

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bob Miller (incumbent) 75,311 62.66%
Democratic Jan Laverty Jones33,56627.93%
None of These Candidates 6,9175.76%
Democratic Rhinestone Cowboy1,3171.10%
Democratic Samuel F. Bull1,2341.03%
Democratic Thomas Gaule1,0310.86%
Democratic Carlo Poliak8100.67%
Total votes120,186 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidate

Results

Republican Primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Gibbons 59,705 51.15%
Republican Cheryl Lau37,74932.34%
None of These Candidates 10,3918.90%
Republican Edward "Ned" Eyre Jr.4,0663.48%
Republican Ken Santor2,5492.18%
Republican Hilary Michael Milko1,2471.07%
Republican Suzanne Nounna1,0150.87%
Total votes127,952 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

Nevada gubernatorial election, 1994 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Bob Miller (incumbent) 200,026 52.68% −12.13%
Republican Jim Gibbons 156,87541.32%+11.45%
Independent American Daniel Hansen10,0122.64%+2.64%
None of These Candidates 8,7852.31%−0.50%
Libertarian Denis Sholty3,9781.05%−1.46%
Majority112,08934.95%
Total votes379,676 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing -23.58%

County results

CountyBob Miller
Democratic
Jim Gibbons
Republican
Daniel Hansen
Independent American
None of These CandidatesDenis Sholty
Libertarian
MarginTotal votes cast [1]
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Carson City 7,19144.22%8,16850.23%3252.00%4732.91%1040.64%-977-6.01%16,261
Churchill 2,85741.77%3,52451.52%2683.92%1532.24%380.56%-667-9.75%6,840
Clark 125,23158.36%76,98435.88%4,7002.19%5,2492.45%2,4151.13%48,24722.48%214,579
Douglas 6,21146.20%6,59649.06%2912.16%2.361.76%1100.82%-385-2.86%13,444
Elko 2,92029.43%6,08061.28%5665.70%2382.40%1181.19%-3,160-31.85%9,922
Esmeralda 17031.89%30957.97%193.56%203.75%152.81%-139-26.08%533
Eureka 19229.31%40161.22%314.73%253.82%60.92%-209-31.91%655
Humboldt 1,74640.51%2,26552.55%1623.76%1152.67%220.51%-519-12.04%4,310
Lander 72934.53%1,17255.52%1426.73%522.46%160.76%-443-20.99%2,111
Lincoln 52528.56%1,05657.45%1478.00%925.01%180.98%-531-28.89%1,838
Lyon 3,77945.83%3,91547.48%3283.98%1561.89%680.82%-136-1.65%8,246
Mineral 1,34655.21%93138.19%793.24%662.71%160.66%41517.02%2,438
Nye 2,81939.96%3,41048.33%3895.51%1882.66%2493.53%-591-8.38%7,055
Pershing 60540.77%76951.82%593.98%453.03%60.40%-164-11.05%1,484
Storey 80750.16%69543.19%472.92%392.42%211.31%1126.96%1,609
Washoe 41,69448.97%38,92545.72%2,2512.64%1,5361.80%7320.86%2,7693.25%85,138
White Pine 1,20437.47%1,67552.13%2086.47%1023.17%240.75%-471-14.66%3,213
Totals200,02652.68%156,87541.32%10,0122.64%8,7852.31%3,9781.05%43,15111.37%379,676

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "1994 Primary and General Election Returns". Nevada Secretary of State. Archived from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.