The 1994 Nevada gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democrat Bob Miller won re-election to a second term as

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, 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

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'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

* 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 *

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, 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

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