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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.
| 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% | ||
| 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% | ||
| 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 | Bob Miller Democratic |
Jim Gibbons Republican |
Daniel Hansen Independent American |
None of These Candidates | Denis Sholty Libertarian |
Margin | Total votes cast[1] | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
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