1994 Nevada gubernatorial election
November 8, 1994 (1994-11-08)
 
Nominee Bob Miller Jim Gibbons
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 200,026 156,875
Percentage 52.7% 41.3%
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.

Democratic primary

Candidate

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Miller (incumbent) 75,311 62.66
Democratic Jan Laverty Jones 33,566 27.93
None of These Candidates 6,917 5.76
Democratic Rhinestone Cowboy 1,317 1.10
Democratic Samuel F. Bull 1,234 1.03
Democratic Thomas Gaule 1,031 0.86
Democratic Carlo Poliak 810 0.67
Total votes 120,186 100.00

Republican primary

Candidate

  • Jim Gibbons, state assemblyman
  • Cheryl Lau, current secretary of state
  • Edward E. "Ned" Eyre Jr., perennial candidate
  • Ken Santor, state treasurer
  • Hilary "Sir" Michael Milko
  • Suzanne Nounna

Results

Republican Primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Gibbons 59,705 51.15
Republican Cheryl Lau 37,749 32.34
None of These Candidates 10,391 8.90
Republican Edward "Ned" Eyre Jr. 4,066 3.48
Republican Ken Santor 2,549 2.18
Republican Hilary Michael Milko 1,247 1.07
Republican Suzanne Nounna 1,015 0.87
Total votes 127,952 100.00

General elections

Candidates

Results

Nevada gubernatorial election, 1994[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bob Miller (incumbent) 200,026 52.68%
Republican Jim Gibbons 156,875 41.32%
Independent American Daniel Hansen 10,012 2.64%
None of These Candidates None of These Candidates 8,785 2.31%
Libertarian Denis Sholty 3,978 1.05%
Total votes 379,676 100
Democratic hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "1994 General Election Returns". Nevada Secretary of State. Archived from the original on July 3, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.


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