1994 Wyoming gubernatorial election

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1994 Wyoming gubernatorial election

← 1990 November 8, 1994 (1994-11-08) 1998 →
Turnout84.51% Registered Increase 4.52%
44.31% of Total Population Increase 9.01%
 
Nominee Jim Geringer Kathy Karpan
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 118,016 80,747
Percentage 58.72% 40.17%

County results
Geringer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Karpan:      50–60%

Governor before election

Mike Sullivan

Democratic

Elected Governor

Jim Geringer
Republican

The 1994 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic Governor

Stanley Hathaway's re-election in 1970
that a Republican won a gubernatorial election in Wyoming.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Karpan won the nomination unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Geringer 37,847 42.71%
Republican John Perry 28,019 31.62%
Republican Charles Scott 19,305 21.79%
Republican Lloyd Baker 3,442 3.88%
Total votes 88,613 100.00

Results

1994 Wyoming gubernatorial election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jim Geringer 104,638 58.72% +24.07%
Democratic Kathy Karpan 80,747 40.17% -25.18%
Libertarian Seaghan Uibreaslain 2,227 1.11% -
Majority 37,269 18.54% -12.17%
Turnout 200,990
Republican gain from Democratic

References

  1. ^ "WY Governor - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  2. ^ Roberts, Phillip J., ed. (2008). Wyoming Blue Book (PDF). Vol. V. Cheyenne, Wyo.: Wyoming State Archives, State Parks and Cultural Resources Department. p. 22.