1994 Nevada gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1994 Nevada gubernatorial election Nevada presidential 1994 11 8 no 1990 Nevada gubernatorial election 1990 1998 Nevada gubernatorial election 1998 File:Bob Miller at an event, Dec 22, 1994 - cropped to Miller (cropped).jpg 150x150px Bob Miller Democratic Party (United States) 200,026 52.68% File:Jim Gibbons 1997.jpg Republican Party (United States) Jim Gibbons 156,875 41.32% 1994 Nevada gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsMiller: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60%Gibbons: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Governor Bob Miller Democratic Party (United States) Bob Miller 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, defeating Republican nominee Jim Gibbons (who would later go on to narrowly win the governorship in 2006). This was the last time a Democrat was elected Governor of Nevada until Steve Sisolak's victory in 2018, the last time a Democratic candidate has received over 50% of the vote, and the last time a Democratic governor in Nevada has won re-election. As of 2025, this is also the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected in Nevada respectively. This was the first Nevada gubernatorial election since 1962 in which the winner was of the same party as the incumbent president. Democratic primary Candidate 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 Democratic primary resultsNevada Secretary of State 1994 Primary and General Election Returns https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/home/showpublisheddocument?id=3155 July 11, 2024 July 11, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240711183256/https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/home/showpublisheddocument?id=3155 live Bob Miller (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 75,311 62.66% Jan Laverty Jones Democratic Party (United States) 33,566 27.93% None of These Candidates 6,917 5.76% Rhinestone Cowboy Democratic Party (United States) 1,317 1.10% Samuel F. Bull Democratic Party (United States) 1,234 1.03% Thomas Gaule Democratic Party (United States) 1,031 0.86% Carlo Poliak Democratic Party (United States) 810 0.67% 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 Jim Gibbons Republican Party (United States) 59,705 51.15% Cheryl Lau Republican Party (United States) 37,749 32.34% None of These Candidates 10,391 8.90% Edward "Ned" Eyre Jr. Republican Party (United States) 4,066 3.48% Ken Santor Republican Party (United States) 2,549 2.18% Hilary Michael Milko Republican Party (United States) 1,247 1.07% Suzanne Nounna Republican Party (United States) 1,015 0.87% 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 Democratic Party (United States) Bob Miller (incumbent) 200,026 52.68% -12.13% Republican Party (United States) Jim Gibbons 156,875 41.32% +11.45% Independent American Party of Nevada Daniel Hansen 10,012 2.64% +2.64% None of These Candidates 8,785 2.31% -0.50% Libertarian Party (United States) Denis Sholty 3,978 1.05% -1.46% 112,089 34.95% 379,676 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) -23.58% County results County Bob MillerDemocratic Jim GibbonsRepublican Daniel HansenIndependent American None of These Candidates Denis SholtyLibertarian Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # %Carson City7,19144.22%8,16850.23%3252.00%4732.91%1040.64%-977-6.01%16,261Churchill2,85741.77%3,52451.52%2683.92%1532.24%380.56%-667-9.75%6,840Clark125,23158.36%76,98435.88%4,7002.19%5,2492.45%2,4151.13%48,24722.48%214,579Douglas6,21146.20%6,59649.06%2912.16%2.361.76%1100.82%-385-2.86%13,444Elko2,92029.43%6,08061.28%5665.70%2382.40%1181.19%-3,160-31.85%9,922Esmeralda17031.89%30957.97%193.56%203.75%152.81%-139-26.08%533Eureka19229.31%40161.22%314.73%253.82%60.92%-209-31.91%655Humboldt1,74640.51%2,26552.55%1623.76%1152.67%220.51%-519-12.04%4,310Lander72934.53%1,17255.52%1426.73%522.46%160.76%-443-20.99%2,111Lincoln52528.56%1,05657.45%1478.00%925.01%180.98%-531-28.89%1,838Lyon3,77945.83%3,91547.48%3283.98%1561.89%680.82%-136-1.65%8,246Mineral1,34655.21%93138.19%793.24%662.71%160.66%41517.02%2,438Nye2,81939.96%3,41048.33%3895.51%1882.66%2493.53%-591-8.38%7,055Pershing60540.77%76951.82%593.98%453.03%60.40%-164-11.05%1,484Storey80750.16%69543.19%472.92%392.42%211.31%1126.96%1,609Washoe41,69448.97%38,92545.72%2,2512.64%1,5361.80%7320.86%2,7693.25%85,138White Pine1,20437.47%1,67552.13%2086.47%1023.17%240.75%-471-14.66%3,213Totals200,02652.68%156,87541.32%10,0122.64%8,7852.31%3,9781.05%43,15111.37%379,676 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Carson City Churchill Douglas Elko Esmeralda Eureka Humboldt Lander Lincoln Lyon Nye Pershing White Pine References 1994 Nevada Gubernatorial Category:November 1994 in the United States