1994 Wyoming gubernatorial election

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 Mike Sullivan was unable to seek a third term because of newly imposed term limits, and instead ran for the U.S. Senate. State Senate President Jim Geringer won the Republican primary and faced Secretary of State Kathy Karpan, the Democratic nominee, in the general election. Aided by the nationwide Republican wave, Geringer defeated Karpan in a landslide, marking the first time since Governor Stanley Hathaway's re-election in 1970 that a Republican won a gubernatorial election in Wyoming.