1994 Nevada gubernatorial election

1994 Nevada gubernatorial election

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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[1]
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[1]
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

Candidates

  • Bob Miller (D), incumbent Governor of Nevada
  • Jim Gibbons (R), state assemblyman
  • Daniel Hansen (IA)
  • Denis Sholty (L)

Results

Nevada gubernatorial election, 1994[1]
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

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d "1994 Primary and General Election Returns". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved July 11, 2024.