1994 United States Senate election in Nevada

The 1994 United States Senate election in Nevada was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democrat Richard Bryan won re-election to a second term. This was the last time a Democrat won Nevada's Class 1 Senate Seat until Jacky Rosen was elected to it in 2018.

1994 United States Senate election in Nevada

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Nominee Richard Bryan Hal Furman Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 193,804 156,020 Percentage 50.93% 41.00%

County results Bryan:      40–50%      50–60% Furman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election Richard Bryan Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Richard Bryan Democratic

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Richard Bryan, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Bryan was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Hal Furman, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science and former legislative counsel to U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt^[1]
• Charles Woods

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hal Furman	58,521	50.46
	Republican	Charles Woods	29,601	25.52
	None of These Candidates		15,788	13.61
	Republican	John Vincent Balistere	4,964	4.28
	Republican	David L. Hough	4,135	1.42
Total votes			113,009	100.00

General election

Candidates

• Richard Bryan (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
• Hal Furman (R), former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science and former legislative counsel to U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt^[2]

Results

General election results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Bryan (Incumbent)	193,804	50.93%
	Republican	Hal Furman	156,020	41.00%
	None of These Candidates		12,626	3.3%
	Independent	Anna Nevenic	6,666	1.8%
	Libertarian	Bob Days	5,964	1.6%
	Independent	Neal A. Grasteit	5,450	1.4%
Total votes			380,530	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1994 United States Senate elections