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.