Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 1994



Candidate	Lincoln Almond	Myrth York	Robert J. Healey
Party	Republican	Democratic	Independent
Popular vote	171,194	157,361	32,822
Percentage	47.37%	43.54%	9.08%

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Bruce Sundlun
Democratic

Elected Governor

Lincoln Almond
Republican

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The 1994 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1994. Republican Lincoln Almond defeated Democrat Myrth York.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Myrth York, former Rhode Island State Senator
Bruce Sundlun, incumbent Governor of Rhode Island
Louise Durfee, former Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, former Tiverton city councilwoman
Donald Gill

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Myrth York	56,719	57.22
	Democratic	Bruce Sundlun (Incumbent)	27,432	27.67
	Democratic	Louise Durfee	11,914	12.02
	Democratic	Donald Gill	3,067	3.09
Total votes			99,132	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Lincoln Almond, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island
Ronald Machtley, U.S. Representative

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Almond	26,873	59.69
	Republican	Ronald Machtley	18,150	40.31
Total votes			45,023	100.00

Independents

Robert Healey, businessman

General election

Polling

Source	Date	Almond (R)	York (D)
Brown University	Oct. 2, 1994	38%	37%

Election results

Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 1994^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Lincoln Almond	171,194	47.37%	+13.10%
	Democratic	Myrth York	157,361	43.54%	-18.01%
	Independent	Robert Healey	32,822	9.08%
Majority			13,833	3.83%	-23.45%
Turnout			362,377
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

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