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.

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

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

General elections

Candidates

Bob Miller (D), incumbent Governor of Nevada

Jim Gibbons (R), state assemblyman

Results

References

1994

Nevada

Gubernatorial

November 1994 events in the United States

1994 Nevada gubernatorial election