| Election Name: | 1990 Nevada gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Nevada |
| Flag Year: | 1929 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1986 Nevada gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1986 |
| Next Election: | 1994 Nevada gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
| Image1: | File:Bob Miller at an event, Dec 22, 1994 - cropped to Miller (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Bob Miller |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 207,878 |
| Percentage1: | 64.8% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | Jim Gallaway |
| Popular Vote2: | 95,789 |
| Percentage2: | 29.9% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Bob Miller |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Bob Miller |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1990 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990, to elect the next governor of Nevada, alongside an election to the United States House of Representatives and other state and local elections. Incumbent two-term Democratic Governor Richard Bryan resigned in 1989 after being elected to the United States Senate and under the Nevada succession law, Democrat Lieutenant Governor Bob Miller became the next governor. Miller won in a landslide victory to a full term, defeating Republican nominee Jim Gallaway.
| County | Bob Miller Democratic | Jim Gallaway Republican | None of These Candidates | James Frye Libertarian | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Carson City | 9,517 | 63.59% | 4,675 | 31.24% | 432 | 2.89% | 342 | 2.29% | 4,842 | 32.35% | 14,966 | ||||||||||||
| Churchill | 3,315 | 56.91% | 2,173 | 37.30% | 201 | 3.45% | 136 | 2.33% | 1,142 | 19.61% | 5,825 | ||||||||||||
| Clark | 114,687 | 66.14% | 49,938 | 28.80% | 4,835 | 2.79% | 3,943 | 2.27% | 64,749 | 37.34% | 173,403 | ||||||||||||
| Douglas | 6,611 | 61.91% | 3,500 | 32.78% | 275 | 2.58% | 292 | 2.73% | 3,111 | 29.13% | 10,678 | ||||||||||||
| Elko | 3,908 | 46.73% | 3,832 | 45.82% | 335 | 4.01% | 288 | 3.44% | 76 | 0.91% | 8,363 | ||||||||||||
| Esmeralda | 256 | 48.95% | 221 | 42.26% | 16 | 3.06% | 30 | 5.74% | 35 | 6.69% | 523 | ||||||||||||
| Eureka | 347 | 50.95% | 279 | 40.97% | 30 | 4.41% | 25 | 3.67% | 68 | 9.99% | 681 | ||||||||||||
| Humboldt | 2,071 | 55.91% | 1,406 | 37.96% | 122 | 3.29% | 105 | 2.83% | 665 | 17.95% | 3,704 | ||||||||||||
| Lander | 792 | 47.88% | 765 | 46.25% | 50 | 3.02% | 47 | 2.84% | 27 | 1.63% | 1,654 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 1,052 | 69.35% | 378 | 24.92% | 54 | 3.56% | 33 | 2.18% | 674 | 44.43% | 1,517 | ||||||||||||
| Lyon | 4,815 | 67.36% | 2,004 | 28.04% | 142 | 1.99% | 187 | 2.62% | 2,811 | 39.33% | 7,148 | ||||||||||||
| Mineral | 1,719 | 67.60% | 691 | 27.17% | 66 | 2.60% | 67 | 2.63% | 1,028 | 40.42% | 2,543 | ||||||||||||
| Nye | 3,172 | 54.63% | 2,120 | 36.51% | 229 | 3.94% | 285 | 4.91% | 1,052 | 18.12% | 5,806 | ||||||||||||
| Pershing | 814 | 60.66% | 426 | 31.74% | 49 | 3.65% | 53 | 3.95% | 388 | 28.91% | 1,342 | ||||||||||||
| Storey | 874 | 68.12% | 327 | 25.49% | 47 | 3.66% | 35 | 2.73% | 547 | 42.63% | 1,283 | ||||||||||||
| Washoe | 51,746 | 66.32% | 22,235 | 28.50% | 1,940 | 2.49% | 2,102 | 2.69% | 29,511 | 37.82% | 78,023 | ||||||||||||
| White Pine | 2,182 | 66.44% | 819 | 24.94% | 194 | 5.91% | 89 | 2.71% | 1,363 | 41.50% | 3,284 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 207,878 | 64.81% | 95,789 | 29.86% | 9,017 | 2.81% | 8,059 | 2.51% | 112,089 | 34.95% | 320,743 | ||||||||||||