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1994 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

The 1994 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1994. Republican Lincoln Almond defeated Democrat Myrth York and independent candidate Robert J. Healey. Incumbent Democrat Bruce Sundlun was defeated by York in the Democratic primary.

The 1994 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1994. Republican Lincoln Almond defeated Democrat Myrth York and independent candidate Robert J. Healey. Incumbent Democrat Bruce Sundlun was defeated by York in the Democratic primary.

Almond was the first governor elected to a four-year term, as opposed to two years.

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

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	56,719	57.22
	Democratic	27,432	27.67
	Democratic	11,914	12.02
	Democratic	3,067	3.09
99,132	100.00

Lincoln Almond, former U.S. attorney for the District of Rhode Island
Ronald Machtley, U.S. representative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	26,873	59.69
	Republican	18,150	40.31
45,023	100.00

Robert J. Healey, businessman

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

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Republican	171,194	47.37%	+13.10%
	Democratic	157,361	43.54%	−18.01%
	Independent	32,822	9.08%
13,833	3.83%	−23.45%
362,377
	Republican gain from Democratic

	Lincoln AlmondRepublican	Myrth YorkDemocratic	Robert J. HealeyIndependent
Bristol	8,320	43.1%	7,164	37.1%	3,815	19.8%
Kent	33,511	49.5%	27,546	40.7%	6,600	9.8%
Newport	13,082	43.9%	13,772	46.2%	2,939	9.9%
Providence	95,425	47.2%	90,722	44.9%	15,852	7.8%
Washington	20,856	48.9%	18,157	42.6%	3,616	8.5%

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Bristol
Providence
Washington
Kent

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