1994 Nevada gubernatorial election

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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%

1994 Nevada gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
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.

Democratic primary[]

Candidate[]

  • Bob Miller, incumbent Governor of Nevada
  • Janis Lyle Laverty, current Mayor of Las Vegas
  • Rhinestone Cowboy
  • Samuel F. Bull, perennial candidate
  • Thomas Gaule
  • Carlo Poliak, sanitation worker and frequent candidate

Results[]

Democratic primary results
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 state secretary
  • Edward E. "Ned" Eyre Jr., perennial candidate
  • Ken Santor, state treasurer
  • Hilary "Sir" Michael Milko
  • Suzanne Nounna

Results[]

Republican Primary results
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 elections[]

Candidates[]

  • Bob Miller (D), incumbent Governor of Nevada
  • Jim Gibbons (R), state assemblyman

Results[]

Nevada gubernatorial election, 1994[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bob Miller (incumbent) 200,026 52.68%
Republican Jim Gibbons 156,875 41.32%
Independent American Daniel Hansen 10,012 2.64%
None of These Candidates None of These Candidates 8,785 2.31%
Libertarian Denis Sholty 3,978 1.05%
Total votes 379,676 100
Democratic hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ "1994 General Election Returns". Nevada Secretary of State. Archived from the original on July 3, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.


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