1994 Nevada gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:1994 Nevada gubernatorial election
Country:Nevada
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1990 Nevada gubernatorial election
Previous Year:1990
Next Election:1998 Nevada gubernatorial election
Next Year:1998
Image1:File:Bob Miller at an event, Dec 22, 1994 - cropped to Miller (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Bob Miller
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:200,026
Percentage1:52.7%
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Nominee2:Jim Gibbons
Popular Vote2:156,875
Percentage2:41.3%
Map Size:250px
Governor
Before Election:Bob Miller
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Bob Miller
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

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

Republican primary

Candidate

Results

General election

Candidates

County results

CountyBob Miller
Democratic
Jim Gibbons
Republican
Daniel Hansen
Independent American
None of These CandidatesDenis Sholty
Libertarian
MarginTotal votes cast
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Carson City7,19144.22%8,16850.23%3252.00%4732.91%1040.64%-977-6.01%16,261
Churchill2,85741.77%3,52451.52%2683.92%1532.24%380.56%-667-9.75%6,840
Clark125,23158.36%76,98435.88%4,7002.19%5,2492.45%2,4151.13%48,24722.48%214,579
Douglas6,21146.20%6,59649.06%2912.16%2.361.76%1100.82%-385-2.86%13,444
Elko2,92029.43%6,08061.28%5665.70%2382.40%1181.19%-3,160-31.85%9,922
Esmeralda17031.89%30957.97%193.56%203.75%152.81%-139-26.08%533
Eureka19229.31%40161.22%314.73%253.82%60.92%-209-31.91%655
Humboldt1,74640.51%2,26552.55%1623.76%1152.67%220.51%-519-12.04%4,310
Lander72934.53%1,17255.52%1426.73%522.46%160.76%-443-20.99%2,111
Lincoln52528.56%1,05657.45%1478.00%925.01%180.98%-531-28.89%1,838
Lyon3,77945.83%3,91547.48%3283.98%1561.89%680.82%-136-1.65%8,246
Mineral1,34655.21%93138.19%793.24%662.71%160.66%41517.02%2,438
Nye2,81939.96%3,41048.33%3895.51%1882.66%2493.53%-591-8.38%7,055
Pershing60540.77%76951.82%593.98%453.03%60.40%-164-11.05%1,484
Storey80750.16%69543.19%472.92%392.42%211.31%1126.96%1,609
Washoe41,69448.97%38,92545.72%2,2512.64%1,5361.80%7320.86%2,7693.25%85,138
White Pine1,20437.47%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