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.
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Democratic primary
editCandidate
edit- Bob Miller, incumbent Governor of Nevada
- Janis Lyle Laverty, incumbent Mayor of Las Vegas
- Rhinestone Cowboy
- Samuel F. Bull, perennial candidate
- Thomas Gaule
- Carlo Poliak, sanitation worker and frequent candidate
Results
edit| 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
editCandidate
edit- 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
edit| 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 election
editCandidates
edit- Bob Miller (D), incumbent Governor of Nevada
- Jim Gibbons (R), state assemblyman
- Daniel Hansen (IA)
- Denis Sholty (L)
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bob Miller (incumbent) | 200,026 | 52.68% | −12.13% | |
| Republican | Jim Gibbons | 156,875 | 41.32% | +11.45% | |
| Independent American | Daniel Hansen | 10,012 | 2.64% | +2.64% | |
| None of These Candidates | 8,785 | 2.31% | −0.50% | ||
| Libertarian | Denis Sholty | 3,978 | 1.05% | −1.46% | |
| Majority | 112,089 | 34.95% | |||
| Total votes | 379,676 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | -23.58% | |||
County results
edit| County | Bob Miller Democratic |
Jim Gibbons Republican |
Daniel Hansen Independent American |
None of These Candidates | Denis Sholty Libertarian |
Margin | Total votes cast[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Carson City | 7,191 | 44.22% | 8,168 | 50.23% | 325 | 2.00% | 473 | 2.91% | 104 | 0.64% | -977 | -6.01% | 16,261 |
| Churchill | 2,857 | 41.77% | 3,524 | 51.52% | 268 | 3.92% | 153 | 2.24% | 38 | 0.56% | -667 | -9.75% | 6,840 |
| Clark | 125,231 | 58.36% | 76,984 | 35.88% | 4,700 | 2.19% | 5,249 | 2.45% | 2,415 | 1.13% | 48,247 | 22.48% | 214,579 |
| Douglas | 6,211 | 46.20% | 6,596 | 49.06% | 291 | 2.16% | 2.36 | 1.76% | 110 | 0.82% | -385 | -2.86% | 13,444 |
| Elko | 2,920 | 29.43% | 6,080 | 61.28% | 566 | 5.70% | 238 | 2.40% | 118 | 1.19% | -3,160 | -31.85% | 9,922 |
| Esmeralda | 170 | 31.89% | 309 | 57.97% | 19 | 3.56% | 20 | 3.75% | 15 | 2.81% | -139 | -26.08% | 533 |
| Eureka | 192 | 29.31% | 401 | 61.22% | 31 | 4.73% | 25 | 3.82% | 6 | 0.92% | -209 | -31.91% | 655 |
| Humboldt | 1,746 | 40.51% | 2,265 | 52.55% | 162 | 3.76% | 115 | 2.67% | 22 | 0.51% | -519 | -12.04% | 4,310 |
| Lander | 729 | 34.53% | 1,172 | 55.52% | 142 | 6.73% | 52 | 2.46% | 16 | 0.76% | -443 | -20.99% | 2,111 |
| Lincoln | 525 | 28.56% | 1,056 | 57.45% | 147 | 8.00% | 92 | 5.01% | 18 | 0.98% | -531 | -28.89% | 1,838 |
| Lyon | 3,779 | 45.83% | 3,915 | 47.48% | 328 | 3.98% | 156 | 1.89% | 68 | 0.82% | -136 | -1.65% | 8,246 |
| Mineral | 1,346 | 55.21% | 931 | 38.19% | 79 | 3.24% | 66 | 2.71% | 16 | 0.66% | 415 | 17.02% | 2,438 |
| Nye | 2,819 | 39.96% | 3,410 | 48.33% | 389 | 5.51% | 188 | 2.66% | 249 | 3.53% | -591 | -8.38% | 7,055 |
| Pershing | 605 | 40.77% | 769 | 51.82% | 59 | 3.98% | 45 | 3.03% | 6 | 0.40% | -164 | -11.05% | 1,484 |
| Storey | 807 | 50.16% | 695 | 43.19% | 47 | 2.92% | 39 | 2.42% | 21 | 1.31% | 112 | 6.96% | 1,609 |
| Washoe | 41,694 | 48.97% | 38,925 | 45.72% | 2,251 | 2.64% | 1,536 | 1.80% | 732 | 0.86% | 2,769 | 3.25% | 85,138 |
| White Pine | 1,204 | 37.47% | 1,675 | 52.13% | 208 | 6.47% | 102 | 3.17% | 24 | 0.75% | -471 | -14.66% | 3,213 |
| Totals | 200,026 | 52.68% | 156,875 | 41.32% | 10,012 | 2.64% | 8,785 | 2.31% | 3,978 | 1.05% | 43,151 | 11.37% | 379,676 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "1994 Primary and General Election Returns". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
