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, defeating Republican nominee Jim Gibbons (who would later go on to narrowly win the governorship in

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, 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. 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

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in which the winner of the gubernatorial election was of the same party as the incumbent president.

Democratic primary

Candidate

* Bob Miller, incumbent

* Janis Lyle Laverty, incumbent

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*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 election

Candidates

* Bob Miller (D), incumbent Governor of Nevada * Jim Gibbons (R), state assemblyman * Daniel Hansen (IA) * Denis Sholty (L)

Results

County results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

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November 1994 in the United States