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.
| State | Won | Governor-elect | Margin | Pres. 1992 | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | R | Fob James | R+6.8 | 1,199,095 | |
| Alaska | D | Tony Knowles | R+9.2 | 202,688 | |
| Arizona | R | Fife Symington | R+2.0 | 1,094,194 | |
| Arkansas | D | Jim Guy Tucker | D+17.7 | 716,840 | |
| California | R | Pete Wilson | D+13.4 | 8,301,565 | |
| Colorado | D | Roy Romer | D+4.3 | 1,051,247 | |
| Connecticut | R | John G. Rowland | D+6.4 | 1,137,047 | |
| Florida | D | Lawton Chiles | R+1.9 | 4,206,076 | |
| Georgia | D | Zell Miller | D+0.6 | 1,545,297 | |
| Hawaii | D | Ben Cayetano | D+11.4 | 356,044 | |
| Idaho | R | Phil Batt | R+13.6 | 397,486 | |
| Illinois | R | Jim Edgar | D+14.2 | 3,054,168 | |
| Iowa | R | Terry Branstad | D+6.0 | 980,848 | |
| Kansas | R | Bill Graves | R+5.1 | 859,702 | |
| Maine | O | Angus King | D+8.4 | 504,465 | |
| Maryland | D | Parris Glendening | D+14.2 | 1,410,195 | |
| Massachusetts | R | Bill Weld | D+18.5 | 2,145,040 | |
| Michigan | R | John Engler | D+7.4 | 3,087,539 | |
| Minnesota | R | Arne Carlson | D+11.6 | 1,683,509 | |
| Nebraska | D | Ben Nelson | R+17.2 | 571,500 | |
| Nevada | D | Bob Miller | D+2.6 | 356,901 | |
| New Hampshire | R | Steve Merrill | D+1.2 | 297,820 | |
| New Mexico | R | Gary Johnson | D+8.6 | 467,621 | |
| New York | R | George Pataki | D+15.8 | 4,903,606 | |
| Ohio | R | George Voinovich | D+1.8 | 3,237,421 | |
| Oklahoma | R | Frank Keating | R+8.6 | 995,012 | |
| Oregon | D | John Kitzhaber | D+10.0 | 1,139,957 | |
| Pennsylvania | R | Tom Ridge | D+9.0 | 3,518,344 | |
| Rhode Island | R | Lincoln Almond | D+18.0 | 361,377 | |
| South Carolina | R | David Beasley | R+8.1 | 917,758 | |
| South Dakota | R | Bill Janklow | R+3.5 | 298,788 | |
| Tennessee | R | Don Sundquist | D+4.7 | 1,471,356 | |
| Texas | R | George W. Bush | R+3.5 | 4,367,922 | |
| Vermont | D | Howard Dean | D+15.7 | 200,953 | |
| Wisconsin | R | Tommy Thompson | D+4.4 | 1,534,176 | |
| Wyoming | R | Jim Geringer | R+5.6 | 198,763 |