1890 Nevada gubernatorial election

The 1890 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890.

Republican nominee Roswell K. Colcord defeated Democratic nominee Theodore Winters with 53.27% of the vote.

Candidates
Major party candidates
 * Theodore Winters, Democratic, former territorial representative, stockman, rancher and racehorse owner
 * Roswell K. Colcord, Republican, Nevada State Commissioner to the 1889 Paris Exposition

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

 * Ormsby
 * Storey

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

 * Churchill
 * Elko