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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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

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