Election Name: | 1994 Colorado gubernatorial election |
Country: | Colorado |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1990 Colorado gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1990 |
Next Election: | 1998 Colorado gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1998 |
Election Date: | November 8, 1994 |
Image1: | File:Roy Romer (CO).jpg |
Nominee1: | Roy Romer |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Running Mate1: | Gail Schoettler |
Popular Vote1: | 619,205 |
Percentage1: | 55.5% |
Nominee2: | Bruce D. Benson |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Running Mate2: | Bob Schaeffer |
Popular Vote2: | 432,042 |
Percentage2: | 38.7% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Roy Romer |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Roy Romer |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1994 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994 to select the governor of the state of Colorado. Although Colorado voters passed a term limits ballot measure in 1990 limiting the governors to two terms, it included a provision for Roy Romer, the Democratic incumbent, to be able to run for reelection for a third term.[1] The Republican nominee, Chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, Bruce D. Benson, lost by a margin of nearly 18 percent.
Incumbent governor Roy Romer ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.