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1876–2024
Elections / 1994 · Governors

Republicans won the most governorships up in 1994.

36 governor's races on the ballot — Democrats won 11, Republicans 24, others 1. Each state below links to its candidate results.

Results by state
Every row links to the state's full governor result with its county map.
StateWonGovernor-electMarginPres. 1992Votes
AlabamaRFob James
−0.9%
R+6.81,199,095
AlaskaDTony Knowles
+0.2%
R+9.2202,688
ArizonaRFife Symington
−8.2%
R+2.01,094,194
ArkansasDJim Guy Tucker
+19.7%
D+17.7716,840
CaliforniaRPete Wilson
−14.6%
D+13.48,301,565
ColoradoDRoy Romer
+16.8%
D+4.31,051,247
ConnecticutRJohn G. Rowland
−3.5%
D+6.41,137,047
FloridaDLawton Chiles
+1.5%
R+1.94,206,076
GeorgiaDZell Miller
+2.1%
D+0.61,545,297
HawaiiDBen Cayetano
+5.9%
D+11.4356,044
IdahoRPhil Batt
−8.4%
R+13.6397,486
IllinoisRJim Edgar
−29.4%
D+14.23,054,168
IowaRTerry Branstad
−15.2%
D+6.0980,848
KansasRBill Graves
−22.2%
R+5.1859,702
MaineOAngus King
+0.0%
D+8.4504,465
MarylandDParris Glendening
+0.4%
D+14.21,410,195
MassachusettsRBill Weld
−42.6%
D+18.52,145,040
MichiganRJohn Engler
−23.0%
D+7.43,087,539
MinnesotaRArne Carlson
−29.2%
D+11.61,683,509
NebraskaDBen Nelson
+47.4%
R+17.2571,500
NevadaDBob Miller
+11.4%
D+2.6356,901
New HampshireRSteve Merrill
−44.4%
D+1.2297,820
New MexicoRGary Johnson
−9.9%
D+8.6467,621
New YorkRGeorge Pataki
−3.3%
D+15.84,903,606
OhioRGeorge Voinovich
−46.8%
D+1.83,237,421
OklahomaRFrank Keating
−17.3%
R+8.6995,012
OregonDJohn Kitzhaber
+8.6%
D+10.01,139,957
PennsylvaniaRTom Ridge
−5.5%
D+9.03,518,344
Rhode IslandRLincoln Almond
−3.9%
D+18.0361,377
South CarolinaRDavid Beasley
−2.5%
R+8.1917,758
South DakotaRBill Janklow
−14.9%
R+3.5298,788
TennesseeRDon Sundquist
−9.6%
D+4.71,471,356
TexasRGeorge W. Bush
−7.6%
R+3.54,367,922
VermontDHoward Dean
+49.7%
D+15.7200,953
WisconsinRTommy Thompson
−36.4%
D+4.41,534,176
WyomingRJim Geringer
−18.5%
R+5.6198,763