2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information
There was seven participating teams in the 2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship. They played each other once during the pool stage, either at home or away. Teams receive four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information
The top four teams in the pool stage qualified for the semifinals, which were followed by a final.


2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Teams
The teams that played in the 2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship are:


2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Pool stage, Standings
The top four teams qualified for the semifinals. Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Honours
The honour roll for the 2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship was as follows:


2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Players
The following squads were named for the 2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship:


2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Referees
The following referees officiated matches in the 2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship:


2018 Union budget of India
The 2018 Union budget of India (ISO: 2018 kē liē Bhārat kā Kēndrīya Bajaṭ) was the annual financial statement (AFS), demand for grants, appropriation bill and finance bill of India for the financial year 2018–19.


2018 Union budget of India
It was presented to Parliament on 1 February 2018 by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.


2018 Union budget of India, Premise
The 2018 budget was considered to be a crucial one, as it would be the first since the rollout of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime in India.


2018 Union budget of India, Premise
It was widely expected that the budget would either increase the exemption limit, or introduce a standard deduction for salaried people to reduce the tax burden, in addition to a reduction of the tax rate for the ₹5 lakh (equivalent to ₹5.4 lakh or US$7,500 in 2019)–₹10 lakh (equivalent to ₹11 lakh or US$15,000 in 2019) slab from 20% to 10%, and an increase in the 30% band above ₹10 lakh (equivalent to ₹11 lakh or US$15,000 in 2019). The budget also came on the heels of a cut in the corporate tax rate in the United States. Printing of the budget began on 20 January 2018 with the traditional Halwa ceremony.


2018 Union budget of India, Significant announcements
The budget contained a number of significant announcements. It included a healthcare programme called the National Health Protection Scheme (Ayushman Bharat) to cover 10 crore (100 million) poor families. The Government proposed to contribute 12% to the Employees' Provident Fund for new employees for three years. It was proposed that the medical allowance and transportation allowance be replaced by a standard deduction of ₹40,000 (US$560) for salaried employees.


2018 Union budget of India, Significant announcements
The allocation to the Ministry of Defence was ₹404,365 crore (equivalent to ₹4.4 trillion or US$61 billion in 2019), with ₹195,947.55 crore (equivalent to ₹2.1 trillion or US$30 billion in 2019) to be spent on the day-to-day running of the armed forces, and ₹99,563.86 crore (equivalent to ₹1.1 trillion or US$15 billion in 2019) on modernisation, with the rest being allocated for pensions.


2018 Union budget of India, Significant announcements
There was no reduction in personal income tax rates,and the Cess on income tax was to be increased from 3% to 4%. A 10% tax on long-term capital gains (LTCG) was reintroduced after a 14-year absence. The Corporate tax was reduced from 30% to 25% for companies with turnover up to ₹250 crore (equivalent to ₹269 crore or US$38 million in 2019). Customs duties were increased for various products. A special scheme to tackle air pollution in Delhi was also introduced. The salaries of Members of Parliament were doubled and their total emoluments are likely to go up from Rs 1.4 lakh to Rs 2.3 lakh per month. Further, the salaries will be increased every five years.


2018 Union budget of India, Reactions, Political
Political reaction to the budget was mixed. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Prime Minister, Narendra Modi said that the budget is "development-friendly," focused on the needs of the rural areas and will strengthen the vision of a "new-India". The Congress leader, former prime minister and noted economist Manmohan Singh suggested that the arithmetic behind the budget was "faulty". The general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)), Sitaram Yechury said the budget was "unconnected to ground realities". Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Sri.N.Chandra Babu Naidu is not satisfied with the budget planning as it completely ignored the special status and special package for the state.


2018 Union budget of India, Reactions, Political
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and chief minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal said on Twitter that the budget contained nothing for the middle class and traders. Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, Janta Dal (United) (JDU) leader, praised the budget for the proposals on minimum support price for farmers and the healthcare scheme. Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram said that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had failed the fiscal consolidation test, and that there was no relief for the average taxpayer.


2018 Union budget of India, Reactions, Stock market
Both of India's national indices, the BSE SENSEX and NIFTY 50, fell sharply in the aftermath of the budget. The government, however, said that the fall in the stock market was not solely due to the budget. Finance and Revenue Secretary, Dr. Hasmukh Adhia said that fall in stock indices was due to global market meltdown, and not because of the reintroduction of LTCG tax, he added the government will look into the slump.


2018 Union budget of India, Reactions, Others
Credit rating agency, Fitch, said that the budget, whilst supporting growth, does not address the problem of fiscal consolidation, and leaves the problem of India's relatively weak finances, to the next government. Economic Affairs Secretary, Subhash Chandra Garg, said, that the government would try to convince credit rating agencies, like Standard and Poor's and Fitch, on its commitments to fiscal consolidation.


2018 United Bowl
The 2018 United Bowl was the championship game of the 2018 Indoor Football League season. It was played between the Sioux Falls Storm and the Iowa Barnstormers. The game was played at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.


2018 United Bowl
This was the Sioux Falls Storm's ninth consecutive United Bowl appearance; prior to the game, they held a United Bowl record of 6–2. This was the Iowa Barnstormers' first United Bowl appearance after joining the IFL in 2015 from the Arena Football League.


2018 United Bowl, Venue
The game was played at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, as the Iowa Barnstormers had the home field advantage by cause of being the higher seeded team in the playoffs.


2018 United Bowl, Background, Sioux Falls Storm
The Storm began the season with a 39–33 loss to the Arizona Rattlers before embarking on a four-game win streak, including a 52–40 victory over the Barnstormers on March 18. After another loss to the Rattlers on April 16, the Storm won seven of their final eight games, finishing the season with a record of 11–3, earning third place. On June 23, the Storm defeated the Rattlers in the first round of the playoffs in overtime by a score of 69–68, earning their place in the United Bowl for the ninth consecutive year.


2018 United Bowl, Background, Iowa Barnstormers
The Barnstormers opened the 2018 season on February 25 with a 41–20 victory over the Green Bay Blizzard. After losing two of their next four games, including a 52–40 loss to the Storm on March 18, the Barnstormers won eight of their final nine, with their only loss being against the Storm by a score of 51–49. The Barnstormers finished the season with a record of 11–3, earning first place and home field advantage in the playoffs. In the first round, the Barnstormers defeated the Nebraska Danger 42–17 to reach the 2018 United Bowl.


2018 United Kingdom budget
The 2018 United Kingdom budget was delivered by Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the House of Commons on Monday, 29 October 2018. It was Hammond's third as Chancellor of the Exchequer since being appointed to the role in July 2016, and his last before being replaced by Sajid Javid by means of Boris Johnson's cabinet reshuffle upon becoming Prime Minister in July 2019. Following the budget in March 2017 the government moved the annual budget to the Autumn, with the following budget held on 22 November of the same year.


2018 United Kingdom budget
On 26 September 2018, Hammond announced that the 2018 budget would be held earlier, in October, so as to avoid clashing with the final stage of Brexit negotiations. On 28 October he suggested that a second budget would be needed in the event of a failure to negotiate a Brexit deal, since the scenario would require a "different response", with a need for "fiscal buffers" to provide support for the economy.


2018 United Kingdom budget
Delivering the budget, Hammond said that the era of austerity was "finally coming to an end". In response to pressure from Conservative MPs, the Chancellor announced an increase in Universal Credit for households with children, and people with disabilities, partially reversing reductions announced in 2015. The post-tax work allowances will increase by £1,000 per year, representing an extra £630 of income for about 2.4 million households in employment, ultimately at a cost of about £1.7 billion per year. Extra transitional support for claimants being moved to Universal Credit was also announced. Hammond announced that a fifty pence piece would be created to mark the UK's exit from the European Union.


2018 United Kingdom budget
Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies said that the budget did not end austerity. “Many public services are going to feel squeezed for some time to come. Cuts are not about to be reversed,”  Johnson also said, “If I were a prison governor, a local authority chief executive or a headteacher, I would struggle to find much to celebrate in the budget. I would be preparing for more difficult years ahead.”  The IFS maintains that "Total spending outside protected government departments is essentially flat, while it will fall on a per capita basis." The Resolution Foundation maintains cuts to income tax will “overwhelmingly benefit richer households”, and nearly half will go to the top 10% of households. Poorer households would continue to be affected by welfare cuts, despite Hammond claiming austerity was coming to an end.


2018 United Kingdom budget, Spending impact
Taking advantage of Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts of increasing tax revenues from economic growth, the budget was largely a spending budget with a cost of £103 billion over the next six years.


2018 United Kingdom budget, Spending impact
The major tax and spend policy decisions in the budget, by their financial cost over 6 years, were:


2018 United Kingdom local elections
Council elections in England were held on Thursday 3 May 2018. Elections were held in all 32 London boroughs, 34 metropolitan boroughs, 67 district and borough councils and 17 unitary authorities. There were also direct elections for the mayoralties of Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Watford.


2018 United Kingdom local elections
With the exception of those areas that have had boundary changes, the seats up for election were last contested in the 2014 local elections.


2018 United Kingdom local elections
A parliamentary by-election in West Tyrone took place the same day. Various other local by-elections also took place.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Seats held prior to the election
According to a BBC News estimate, taking into account boundary changes, the major political parties are effectively defending the following 'notional' numbers of council seats on election day:


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Seats held prior to the election
These numbers are how many seats each party won at the previous comparable election, generally in 2014, rather than which party held the seat on the eve of the election. Some other news agencies, such as the Press Association, compare against the party holding a seat on the eve of the election, leading to a different analysis of gains and losses.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Seats held prior to the election
There are also 48 Residents Associations' councillors, and 100 'other' / independent councillors.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Eligibility to vote
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) aged 18 or over on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections. A person with two homes (such as a university student having a term-time address and living at home during holidays) was able to register to vote at both addresses as long as the addresses were not in the same electoral area, and was able to vote in the local elections for the two different local councils.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Eligibility to vote
In certain councils, there was a trial system in place where photo ID was required to vote. These councils were: Swindon, Gosport, Woking, Bromley, and Watford. An estimated 4,000 electors were turned away from polling stations across these trial areas as a result of not having the appropriate form of ID.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Results
The number of councils controlled by each party following the election are shown in the table below. Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats made modest gains in terms of their respective number of councillors, whereas the Conservatives made a net loss of 35 seats. UKIP lost nearly all of the 126 seats they were defending, with only 3 councillors elected.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Overall results, Results in London
The following table shows the aggregate results for the 32 councils that were up for election in London.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Overall results, Results in London
†Due to boundary changes, the figures for seat losses/gains are notional changes calculated by the BBC, and do not match up precisely to the London-wide results in 2014.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Overall results, Results outside of London
The following table shows the aggregate results for the 118 councils that were up for election outside of London.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Overall results, Results outside of London
Only four councils switched from a majority for one party to another. The Conservatives gained Redditch from Labour, and lost control of three councils to the Liberal Democrats: Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames and South Cambridgeshire. The Liberal Democrats also gained Three Rivers District Council from no overall control. Labour gained a majority on three councils that had been under no overall control (Kirklees, Plymouth and Tower Hamlets) while losing their majority on two (Derby and Nuneaton and Bedworth). The Conservatives gained a majority on one council that had been under no overall control (Basildon) while losing their majority on two (Mole Valley and Trafford).


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Overall results, Results outside of London
Labour won the inaugural mayoral election for the Sheffield City Region. Five other mayoral elections saw no change in the winning party: Labour held four and the Liberal Democrats held one.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Analysis
This was the first set of local elections since the 2017 general election. Most of the seats up for election had last been contested in the 2014 local elections.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Analysis
Because the group of local councils varies with each cycle of local elections, the BBC and other analysts calculated a projected national vote share, which aims to assess what the council results indicate the UK-wide vote would be if the results were repeated at a general election. The BBC's estimate put Labour on 35% of the vote (up 8% since 2017), the Conservatives on 35% (down 3%), the Liberal Democrats on 16% (down 2%).


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Analysis
In the May 2017 local elections, the projected national voteshare was 38% for the Conservatives, 27% for Labour, 18% for the Liberal Democrats and 5% for UKIP. When votes were still being counted, media reports widely described the result as "mixed" for both Labour and the Conservatives. The results suggested that support for the parties had not moved much since the general election 11 months earlier. Some reports considered the results a relief for Theresa May and the Conservatives.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Analysis
Ben Margulies, a research fellow at the University of Warwick, noted how the United Kingdom Independence Party's collapse in vote share directly benefited the Conservatives as they committed to exiting the European Union. Margulies stated that the Conservatives' position with the electorate will "remain perched on a precipice". Matthew Mokhefi-Ashton, a politics lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, argued that Labour had set their expectations too high and thus made the actual result look disappointing by comparison.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Results, Analysis
David Cutts, a professor of political science at the University of Birmingham, described the Liberal Democrats' performance in the election as "underwhelming" in contrast to the media response, arguing that the party only made moderate gains in their strongholds from before the Liberal-Conservative coalition and council areas that were seen as "Strong Remain" and "Strong Leave". Cutts argued that the next local elections in England are a greater test of their stability as they feature substantially more strongholds.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, London boroughs
All seats in the 32 London borough councils were up for election.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Metropolitan boroughs, Whole council
4 metropolitan boroughs had all of their seats up for election following boundary changes.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Metropolitan boroughs, One-third of council
One third of the seats in 30 metropolitan boroughs were up for election:


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Unitary authorities, Whole council
One unitary authority had all of its seats up for election following boundary changes.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Unitary authorities, Third of council
One third of the council seats were up for election in 16 unitary authorities.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Non-metropolitan districts, Whole council
Seven non-metropolitan districts have all of their seats up for election.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Non-metropolitan districts, Half of council
Six non-metropolitan districts have half of their seats up for election.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Non-metropolitan districts, Third of council
54 district councils had one third of their seats up for election. Weymouth and Portland originally had elections scheduled for 2018, but the elections were postponed indefinitely following a decision to merge the council into a unitary Dorset Council from 2019 onwards.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Non-metropolitan districts, Third of council
These were the last elections to Daventry District Council, following the decision to abolish it along with Northamptonshire County Council and its 7 district councils into two unitary authorities in 2020.


2018 United Kingdom local elections, Mayoral elections
There were five local authority mayoral elections and one metropolitan mayoral election.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires
Starting on 24 June 2018 and continuing throughout the summer, a record-breaking series of wildfires burned across the United Kingdom. The two largest fires, which were declared major incidents, burned over 7 square miles (4,480 acres; 18 km2) each and broke out on Saddleworth Moor in Greater Manchester and Winter Hill in Lancashire. Other large fires broke out in Glenshane Pass in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (640 acres) and in the Vale of Rheidol in Ceredigion, Wales. The Saddleworth Moor fire has been described as the largest English wildfire in living memory.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires
Most of the wildfires occurred during the first official heatwave in the United Kingdom since June 2017, with temperatures reaching above 30 °C (86 °F) for several days, making the hottest June in the country since 1995, and the driest June for over ten years in large parts of the United Kingdom, exacerbating the crisis. A wildfire started on the Staffordshire Moorlands on 9 August and, despite rain, had spread to cover 219 acres by 11 August. Some hot spots were still burning as at 22 August. In total, there were 79 fires over the course of the year, a new record. However, the record was beaten in 2019 with 96 fires as of April 23.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Background
June 2018 was the driest on record for some parts of the UK, as a result of a persistent strong Azores High that blocked Atlantic low-pressure weather systems from reaching the British Isles and bringing rainfall. For much of the time, a strong anticlockwise wind circulation around Britain and Ireland caused a strong warm anticyclone there. As a result, in the lead-up to the outbreak of wildfires across the country, many areas were unusually dry. Drought conditions were reported in parts of the country by the end of the month, with NI Water introducing a hosepipe ban in Northern Ireland from 6 pm on 29 June, the first hosepipe ban in the area since 1995.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Background
Towards the end of the month, prolonged high pressure moving in from southern Europe brought with it a prolonged period of high temperatures, marking the first official heat wave in the United Kingdom since June 2017. Temperatures of over 30 °C (86 °F) were reported widely in all four nations of the United Kingdom for the first time since July 2013, with June 2018 becoming the warmest June month since 1995.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Background
On 26 June, a high of 30.6 °C (87.1 °F) was recorded at Porthmadog in Gwynedd, Wales, making it the hottest day of the year so far for the United Kingdom. Porthmadog continued to break temperature records on subsequent days, reaching 31.9 °C (89.4 °F) on 27 June and then 32.6 °C (90.7 °F) on 28 June. By 6 July, the heatwave, which had lasted just over two weeks, was the longest in the United Kingdom since July 2013.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Background
The drought conditions were exacerbated by May 2018 being the warmest since 2008 and the driest since 2011. It was especially dry in parts of Northern England, where rainfall was the lowest.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires
Member of Parliament Jonathan Reynolds, Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury, said ministers would “need to look seriously at our capacity to deal with these kinds of fires in future, including military capacity we might have lost in recent years”.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Saddleworth Moor
Fire first broke out on Saddleworth Moor, between Sheffield and Manchester, on 24 June 2018, but that fire was extinguished later that same day. But the next day, pockets of the fire re-ignited, perhaps from burning of peat which had dried out deep; this began to burn out of control from 26 June, and a major incident was declared that day. By 27 June, the moorland fire had grown to cover over 2,000 acres (810 ha) and remained uncontained.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Saddleworth Moor
Rapidly changing wind speed and direction helped the fire to spread quickly across the dry moorland and complicated efforts to fight the fire, which split into several fronts moving in different directions. Dry peat is also making fighting the fire difficult, as the fire can continue to smoulder underground after being extinguished at the surface, re-igniting the surface later.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Saddleworth Moor
After a major incident was declared on 26 June and with the fire rapidly approaching populated areas, around 150 people were evacuated from 50 homes close to the advancing fire, including 34 homes on Calico Crescent in Carrbrook, Stalybridge; it is thought to be the first time a wildfire has forced such an evacuation to take place in the United Kingdom. In the House of Commons on 26 June, Prime Minister Theresa May told MPs that the government was keeping the situation on Saddleworth Moor under "constant review" following the declaration of a major incident in response to the wildfires.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Saddleworth Moor
Speaking at the scene of the fire on 27 June, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said that a summertime fire on Saddleworth Moor "isn't unusual", but that the size and scale of this fire "is unlike anything we've seen before". Later that afternoon, assistant chief fire officer of the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Dave Keelan formally requested military assistance in tackling the fire, including the provision of high-pressure water lines and transportation of firefighters towards front lines, plus Chinook helicopters to transport water pumps up the mountain.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Saddleworth Moor
The fire was near to a densely populated area of northern England. Satellite imagery showed smoke drifting towards Sheffield and Leeds on 25 June, before the wind direction changed and the smoke cloud was redirected over Manchester and towards Liverpool on 26–27 June. As a result, air quality levels across Greater Manchester dropped due to smoke and ash drifting across the city from the fire, forming a widespread haze at ground level.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Saddleworth Moor
Emergency services supplied dust masks to residents living closest to the fire, in Stalybridge and surrounding areas, on 27 June; four local schools – three primary schools and a secondary school – were closed, and residents were advised to keep their doors and windows closed. One GP at a Manchester surgery told BBC News that he had treated numerous people suffering from respiratory illnesses relating to the fire, including nosebleeds, coughs and eye problems. On 27 June, the burning caused particle pollution to reach as far away as Wigan, Warrington and St Helens - 37 miles away. This pollution reached an eight out of ten on the air quality index.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Saddleworth Moor
As night fell on 27 June 29 fire engines and more than 100 firefighters were at the scene of the fire, including crews from Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Derbyshire; two helicopters were in use, and had so far dropped more than 65,000 gallons of water on the fire from above. The Salvation Army arrived at the scene, handing out 1000 bottles of water, 600 Mars bars and sandwiches made from 40 loaves of bread to firefighters. Other charities and individuals brought much food and drinking water to the fire sites.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Saddleworth Moor
After three weeks, on 18 July, it was declared the fire was extinguished. In total 7 square miles (18 km2) of moorland were burned and the Manchester fire service declared it one of the busiest periods it has ever faced. Aside from the extensive firefighting effort also recent rainfall had led to the final declaration of the fire being extinguished. One wildlife expert said the effects of the fire could last for up to fifteen years.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Winter Hill
A large wildfire broke out on Winter Hill, north of Bolton in Lancashire, at around 3:20 pm on Thursday 28 June 2018; near the Winter Hill transmitting station. Initially, five fire engines from Greater Manchester and seven from the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service were sent to tackle the blaze with specialist fire-fighting equipment. They were supported by firefighting teams from United Utilities and volunteers and vehicles from Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, and later other local volunteer teams including Lancaster Area Search and Rescue.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Winter Hill
By nightfall, that fire had reached more 250 acres (100 ha) in size with a total of fifteen fire crews from Lancashire trying to stop the fire from spreading. The next day, fire services were also assisted by a United Utilities helicopter which was dropping tons of water from the nearby Rivington Reservoirs onto the fire. At the time huge plumes of smoke from the moors could be seen from as far away as Wigan, and was measured on pollution instruments as far away as Blackpool. People who were affected by the smoke were advised to keep windows closed and doors shut. The fire also caused a number of roads and footpaths in the area to be closed due to public safety, with firefighters later setting up a 'four-mile no-go zone' around the affected area.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Winter Hill
Elsewhere, on 29 June at 2 am  other wildfires started near Horrocks Moor Farm, on Scout Road in Bolton. Separately, fifty firefighters were sent there - where the fire was reportedly 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) long. On 30 June it was reported this fire had merged with the fire on Winter Hill, and as result the two official fire incidents became one and a major incident was declared.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Winter Hill
The proximity of the fire to the broadcasting equipment at Winter Hill transmitting station, which has the second greatest coverage of any UK transmitter at around 7 million people, led to fears that it may disrupt television and radio services. The transmitter's owners, Arqiva, issued a statement for radio stations in the area to be on standby and prepare for any interruptions in broadcast. By 2 July 2018, the fire covered over six square miles with up to one hundred firefighters and more than 20 fire engines tackling the blaze.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Winter Hill
The continuing response was also being supported by volunteers from Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team and Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue Team. That day Andy Burnham visited the site of the fire and said that he would be speaking to the Home Secretary Sajid Javid about the incident and that he wanted to ensure "all necessary resources are available".


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Winter Hill
The fire was brought under control on 16 July, in total it had spread over 7 square miles (18 km2). The fire service through said there was "still significant work to do" as peat was still burning underground and recent rainfall even by 23 July the fire was not fully out. The fire service were digging into the ground to make sure the water reaches the burning peat.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Winter Hill
On 29 June 2018 a 22-year-old man was arrested for arson with intent to endanger life, on suspicion of starting the initial Winter Hill fire. On 1 July a police helicopter, which was patrolling the area, spotted several people setting grass fires alight in the Healey Nab area close to Winter Hill. Tony Crook, from the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, has stated that “Police are now attending that scene, to try to apprehend those arsonists”.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Glenshane Pass
A large gorse fire broke out in the Glenshane Pass area of the Sperrins in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in the early hours of 27 June 2018; the first call to emergency services came at 04:57 am. By the end of the day, five separate fires in the pass had rapidly grown to cover an area of over 1 square mile (640 acres) in total, with firefighters struggling to reach the fire due to extremely high temperatures; elsewhere in Northern Ireland, temperatures reached 29.6 °C on 27 June, marking the hottest June day in the province since 1995. After attempting unsuccessfully to reach the isolated fire on foot for more than an hour during the daytime, firefighters eventually had to be airlifted into the area by helicopter later in the day as temperatures dropped.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Glenshane Pass
Her Majesty's Coastguard and Forest Service Northern Ireland were deployed to assist crews from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service with tackling the Glenshane Pass fire, with the Coastguard providing helicopters to transport firefighters to and from the scene and drop water on the fire from above. Multiple fire crews from Ballymena, Cookstown, Dungiven, Kilrea, Maghera and Magherafelt fire stations were sent to the scene of the fire, alongside a specialist Command Support Unit from Belfast. Roads through the Glenshane Pass remained open during the fire, although smoke hindered visibility, with the Northern Ireland Weather and Flood Advisory Service warning motorists to take care and prepare for possible short-notice travel disruption.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Vale of Rheidol
On 26 June 2018, two crews from the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service responded to a large grass and, later, forest fire alongside the A4120 in the Vale of Rheidol close to Aberystwyth in Ceredigion. The road remained open during the fire. The first calls to emergency services regarding the fire were logged at around 11:30 am, with temperatures in the area reaching 30 °C on what was the hottest day of the year to date for that area.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Vale of Rheidol
The wildfire caused the suspension of heritage rail services on the preserved Vale of Rheidol Railway, with 150 passengers stuck on a train close to Devil's Bridge railway station having to be rescued and returned to Aberystwyth by bus. Rail services remained suspended the following day as fire crews continued to fight the fire in a valley close to the railway line. Owing to the fire's inaccessibility by road, a specialised Permaquip road-railer was sent to tackle the conflagration from the railway line, although it is now largely being left to burn itself out. The cause of the wildfire has not yet been determined.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Mynydd Cilgwyn
On 2 July about 15 homes were evacuated as more than 40 firefighters fought a mile-long mountain fire in Gwynedd. The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the gorse blaze, at Mynydd Cilgwyn in Carmel, was one of several fires the service was attending. It also had crews at fires in Talsarnau, Rhiw, Llanycil and Bangor Mountain in Gwynedd and Newborough Forest, Anglesey. It said a village hall would be used as a rest centre for residents affected.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Somerset
A number of wildfires were reported in Somerset. In the early hours of 26 June, three crews from the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service attended two unrelated garden fires in Peasedown St John; later that day, a grass fire was reported on nearby Keel's Hill, forcing the closure of the nearby Bath Road. Several bus routes were cancelled or diverted as a result.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Somerset
At around 10:35 am on 27 June, a 300 square metres (3,200 sq ft) grass fire broke out on an embankment alongside the A4174 Ring Road, Longwell Green which was closed for several hours as a result as crews from the Avon Fire and Rescue Service brought the fire under control. Footage of the fire filmed from a passing lorry later went viral on Facebook.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Staffordshire
From late afternoon on 30 June, up to 45 firefighters from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service batted a blaze between Thorncliffe, Shawfield and Royal Cottage in the Staffordshire Moorlands. A further fire broke out in woodland near Alton Towers on 2 July. A separate wildfire broke out over a month later, on the afternoon of 9 August at Upper Hulme. This continued to burn the rest of the month and, at its height, covered a significantly larger area than the two earlier fires in the county. Despite a period of rain, which initially helped, windy conditions meant the fire spread to cover 219 acres by 11 August. Smoke from the fire had reached Sheffield and parts of North Derbyshire, 28 miles away.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Devon
Later on the morning of 27 June, a large fire broke out at a landfill site in Burlescombe, Devon.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Powys
On 27 June, a small grass fire broke out on Breidden Hill close to Admiral Rodney's Pillar, between Welshpool and Llanymynech in Powys. A crew from the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service attended the wildfire, arriving at 11:52 am, and it was contained within two hours; the cause of the fire is not currently known.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Ben Bhraggie
Firefighters were called in the early hours of 7 July to a fire near the Duke of Sutherland monument. The fire was at a tree plantation near Golspie, Sutherland and smoke from it covered a wide area.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Worcestershire
First broke out on 2 July 2018 on Beacon Hill and at Earnslaw Quarry. Thirty firefighters attended and Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was in a "difficult location". Six fire engines and crews, from Malvern, Worcestershire, Worcester, Upton-upon-Severn, Droitwich, Whitchurch, Ledbury and Ross-on-Wye, attended, plus two restricted access vehicles and a water carrier. It said officers had been called to 17 grass fires in the past fortnight.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Yorkshire
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue attended two large grass fires on 27 June. The first, off Crookes Lane in Carlton, Barnsley, was reported at around 3 pm and was contained by 7:30 pm, and is believed to have been started deliberately. The second, in Middlewood, Sheffield, was first reported at around 8 pm, sending smoke billowing across the city.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Yorkshire
Between 28 June and 1 July, the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) responded to 678 incidents, of which 438 incidents (65% of all callouts) were in relation to wildfires. This included 99 separate wildfire incidents in West Yorkshire on 28 June alone. One particularly severe wildfire broke out on a hillside above Old Lane in Boothtown, Halifax on 1 July, burning within 20 metres (66 ft) of three residential blocks of flats on Canterbury Crescent before being brought under control. In a press release on 2 July, the WYFRS described the ongoing series of wildfires across the county as "unprecedented".


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Yorkshire
On 2 September, a bushfire broke out in the Parkwood Springs area in the north of Sheffield. The wildfire, which was later determined to have been caused by arson, burned for around five hours before being contained. The fire destroyed around 700 m2 (7,500 sq ft) of steep hillside shrubland habitat on the hills above the city, as well as numerous buildings and structures at the abandoned Sheffield Ski Village site.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Wiltshire
On 2 July 2018, fire crews were called to a fire in Dinton, Wiltshire. The fire broke out in a field off Hinton Road with the blaze encompassing around 150 square metres (1,600 sq ft) of land. The farmer helped firefighters by using a plough to create a fire break to stop the flames from spreading. Firefighters also dampened the hedges around to also prevent spreading.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Fires, Highlands
A wildfire occurred in the Highlands on 2 September 2018.


2018 United Kingdom wildfires, Other impacts
The Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service, Ruth George (Member of Parliament for High Peak), and others called for the cancellation of The Lights Fest, a mass release of sky lanterns scheduled to be held on 28 July at Buxton Raceway, near the Derbyshire moors. Event organisers responded by stating that the type of lanterns used did not pose a fire risk, but the event was eventually cancelled.


2018 United Malays National Organisation leadership election
A leadership election was held by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party on 30 June 2018.


2018 United Malays National Organisation leadership election, Background
The election was initially scheduled to be held in 2019. However, Barisan Nasional lost the election in 2018 Malaysian general election for the first time since independence. Then-President Najib Razak stood down and was replaced by acting President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.


2018 United Malays National Organisation leadership election, Background
The nomination process started on 1 June 2018. The registration will close on 17 June 2018 at 5 pm.


2018 United Malays National Organisation leadership election, Debate
The Presidential election was held on 29 June 2018. It was telecast on Astro Awani at 9.30 pm. It featured the three prominent candidates, which are Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and Khairy Jamaluddin.


2018 United Malays National Organisation leadership election, Supreme Council election results
The result will mostly out on 1.00 am on 1 July 2018.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference was the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24), also known as the Katowice Climate Change Conference. It was held between 2 and 15 December 2018 in Katowice, Poland. The conference was held in the International Congress Centre. The president of COP24 was Michał Kurtyka.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The conference also incorporated the fourteenth meeting of the parties for the Kyoto Protocol (CMP14), and the third session of the first meeting of the parties for the Paris Agreement (CMA1-3 or CMA1.3) which agreed on rules to implement the Agreement. The conference's objective was to have a full implementation of the Paris agreement.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Context
After the United States left the Paris Agreement, China took a leading role by hosting many of the preparatory meetings in the weeks beforehand.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Context
In November 2018, the World Meteorological Organization released a report stating that 2017 atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reached 405 parts per million (ppm), a level not seen in three to five million years. In October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C (SR15).


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Speeches
On 3 December 2018, the noted British naturalist Sir David Attenborough told delegates at the conference that:


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Speeches
Right now we are facing a man-made disaster of global scale, our greatest threat in thousands of years: climate change. If we don’t take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Speeches
On 4 December 2018, 15 year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg addressed the summit and explained the severity of the problem this way:


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Speeches
What I hope we achieve at this conference is that we realise that we are facing an existential threat. This is the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced. First we have to realise this and then as fast as possible do something to stop the emissions and try to save what we can save.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Speeches
The same day, the 14th Dalai Lama wrote to the participants of the conference: "Climate change is not a concern of just one or two nations. It is an issue that affects all humanity, and every living being on this earth. This beautiful place is our only home. We have to take serious action now to protect our environment and find constructive solutions to global warming."


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Speeches
Al Gore told delegates they faced “the single most important moral choice in history of humanity”.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Speeches
António Guterres the Secretary-General of the United Nations told “We’re running out of time. To waste this opportunity would compromise our last best chance to stop runaway climate change. It would not only be immoral, it would be suicidal.” The IPCC special report is a stark acknowledgment of what the consequences of global warming beyond 1.5 degrees will mean for billions of people around the world, especially those who call small island states home. This is not good news, but we cannot afford to ignore it.”


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Speeches
A US energy official, Preston Wells Griffith, senior director for energy and environment, said on 10 December 2018: "We strongly believe that no country should have to sacrifice economic prosperity or energy security in pursuit of environmental sustainability." He added also: "We can achieve all of these goals and they are complementary." During his speech, he reinforced that impression: "Alarmism should not silence realism."


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Speeches
A youth conference with children representing over 30 countries was also held during the conference.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Events
Side events at the conference allow for admitted observers which have limited speaking opportunities, to host side events that are categorized under three categories as part of the Paris Agreement.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Events
The categories include: Enhancing Ambition, Promoting Implementation, and Providing Support to Developing Countries. There are also outside events that are hosted by the UNFCCC secretariat, Parties and observer organizations.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Events
The UNFCCC has created a YouTube account called the "Climate Action Studio" recording side events at the conference.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Events
Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), which co-sponsored the COP24, showcased pro-ecological changes in the mining sector.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Events
All side events of COP24 are all archived by the UNFCCC.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Result
The conference agreed on rules to implement the Paris Agreement, which came into force in 2020, that is to say the rulebook on how governments will measure,  and report on their emissions-cutting efforts.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Result
Due to difficulty to reach agreement between parties, some difficult questions such as ways to scale up existing commitments on cutting emissions, ways to provide financial help for poor countries, wording that does not allow double counting and whether countries are doing enough to cut their emissions (in the light of the IPCC report) were postponed to the next conference.


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Result
David Waskow, of the World Resources Institute, said the deal was "a good foundation for countries to go about implementing the Paris agreement" and added that "It sets the direction of travel and will spur countries to take action. Now countries need to go home and do their homework, by increasing their commitments [on emissions]".


2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Result
Many say, that there is a “lack of urgency” in the COP decisions, but some good decisions have been made.


2018 United Nations Security Council election
The 2018 United Nations Security Council election was held on 8 June during the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections were for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2019.


2018 United Nations Security Council election
In accordance with the Security Council's rotation rules, whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five available seats are allocated as follows:


2018 United Nations Security Council election
The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2019–20 period.


2018 United Nations Security Council election
In order of votes received, Germany and Belgium were elected in the Western European and Others Group, the Dominican Republic in the Latin American and Caribbean Group, and South Africa and Indonesia in the African and Asia-Pacific Groups. In addition, the Dominican Republic was elected to the Security Council for the first time.


2018 United Nations Security Council election, Candidates, Western European and Others Group
The only contested seat was the Asia-Pacific one, between Indonesia and Maldives.


2018 United States Grand Prix
The 2018 United States Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli 2018 United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on October 21, 2018 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, United States.


2018 United States Grand Prix
The race was the 18th round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 48th running of the United States Grand Prix, the 40th time that the race run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950, and the 7th time that a World Championship round was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.


2018 United States Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 67-point lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. Hamilton's team-mate, Valtteri Bottas, sat third, a further 57 points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 78 points over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further 141 points behind in third place.


2018 United States Grand Prix
The race was won by Kimi Räikkönen, who made a one-stop strategy work, achieving his first Grand Prix win since the 2013 Australian Grand Prix, breaking a record-setting 113-race winless streak. It was also his first for Ferrari since 2009 and the first time that Ferrari had won at the Circuit of the Americas.


2018 United States Grand Prix, Race
Kimi Räikkönen won the race from second with Mercedes struggling with pace as Lewis Hamilton could only managed 3rd, beaten to 2nd by Max Verstappen. Sebastian Vettel made an error at the start, spinning while battling with Daniel Ricciardo, eventually fighting back to finish 4th. Hamilton lost time when Mercedes waited too long before bringing him in for his 2nd pit stop.


2018 United States House of Representatives Democratic Caucus leadership election
A leadership election was held by the United States House of Representatives Democratic Caucus before the beginning of the 116th United States Congress on January 3, 2019. The election determined who will be nominated by the caucus for the speakership election as well as who would occupy other leadership positions within the House Democratic Caucus. The following positions were nominated or elected on November 29: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, House Majority Leader, House Majority Whip, House Assistant Majority Leader, Democratic Caucus Chair, and Democratic Caucus Vice Chair. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair, the Policy and Communications Committee's Chair and its three Co-Chairs, Junior Caucus Representative and Freshman Class Representative were elected the next day, and a third co-chair was added to the Steering and Policy Committee by the Leader.


2018 United States House of Representatives Democratic Caucus leadership election, DPCC Chair
This is a newly created position of the United States House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee which will rank above the three current co-chairs.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. Representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district, who will represent the state of Alaska in the 116th United States Congress. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, as well as elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, Democratic–Libertarian–Independence primary
Candidates from the Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Libertarian Party and Alaskan Independence Party appear on the same ballot, with the highest-placed candidate from each party receiving that party's nomination.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from American Samoa's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the midterm elections for other federal and territorial offices, including the larger American Samoa general election, as well as the nationwide 2018 United States House of Representatives elections and the 2018 United States general elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa
Incumbent delegate Amata Coleman Radewagen, a Republican who had held the seat since 2015, won re-election to the United States House of Representatives for a third term.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa, Background
In November 2014, Amata Coleman Radewagen defeated 10-term incumbent Democratic Rep. Eni Faleomavaega in a crowded race for the seat. She won re-election to a second term in 2016.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa, Candidates
The deadline for candidates to file with the Election Office was September 1, 2018. Three candidates filed to run for election to American Samoa's lone seat in the United States House of Representatives by the deadline.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. Representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district, who will represent the state of Delaware in the 116th United States Congress. The election coincided with the election of a U.S. Senator from Delaware and other federal and state offices. Democratic Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, the incumbent, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, Democratic primary
Lisa Blunt Rochester ran unopposed in the primary and automatically became the Democratic nominee.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, Republican Party, Controversy
Shortly after the final results for the Republican primary, controversy almost immediately emerged about Scott Walker’s victory, as Lee Murphy had been seen as many as the favorite to win. Murphy refused to concede and took to Facebook in saying, “Friends, thanks for all your support- something stinks here and I will not be conceding anytime soon. Need to investigate big time. A Dem wins a Republican primary?” Murphy also called for an investigation into the results. Walker responded in saying that God led his campaign to victory. Student and community activist Andrew Webb declared his Republican write-in candidacy on September 17, 2018, hoping to gain support from dissatisfied Republicans. He announced a platform of more moderate/traditional conservative ideas.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia. The election coincided with the 2018 elections of other federal, state, and local offices.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia
The non-voting delegate is elected for a two-year term. Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton, the incumbent delegate first elected in 1990, is was re-elected for a 15th consecutive term.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia, Primary election
The primary election for party nominee was held on June 19, 2018.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia, Primary election, Democratic primary
Incumbent Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton faced her first primary challenge since 2010. Her opponent in the primary was Kim Ford, a former Obama administration official. Holmes Norton defeated Ford with 76.5% to Ford's 22.9% in the Democratic primary on June 19, 2018.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in District of Columbia, General election
The election for Delegate for House of Representatives was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Guam
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Guam was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Guam's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the larger Guamanian general election, 2018, the 2018 Guam gubernatorial election, and the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Guam
The non-voting delegate is elected for a two-year term. Incumbent Democratic Delegate Madeleine Bordallo, who has represented the district since 2003, lost her primary election to Michael San Nicolas, a senator of the Guam Legislature since 2013. San Nicolas was challenged Republican former public auditor Doris Flores-Brooks for Guam's lone-seat in the United States House of Representatives.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Guam
Democratic candidate Michael San Nicolas attained the higher number of votes and took office in January 2019 as Guam's congressional delegate.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Montana
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Montana was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. Representative from Montana's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. Representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the U.S. Senate election, as well as other statewide, legislative, and local elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota
Though incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Kevin Cramer announced on January 11, 2018, he will run for re-election to a fourth term, he later indicated an intention to run for the United States Senate instead. On February 16, 2018, Cramer announced his Senate campaign.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota, Republican primary
State Senator Tom Campbell has stated he intends to run for the U.S. Senate if Cramer runs for re-election and to run for the U.S. House if Cramer does not run for re-election. Campbell declared for the seat following Cramer's run for Senate. However, on April 11, Campbell dropped out of the race to endorse Armstrong.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota, Democratic-NPL primary
The Democratic-NPL Party held their state convention March 16 and 17, during which delegates voted to endorse Mac Schneider. Although general election ballot access is actually controlled by a Primary Election to be held June 12, both other candidates decided to withdraw from the race, rather than challenge Schneider in the primary.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands was held on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, to elect the territory's Delegate to the United States House of Representatives in the 116th United States Congress. Delegate Gregorio Sablan was re-elected to his sixth term as Delegate to the U.S. House of Representativesfrom the Northern Mariana Islands' at-large district.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands
The election was originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to coincide with the 2018 House of Representatives election and the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) territorial elections. However, all 2018 elections in the CNMI were postponed until November 13, 2018, due to the impact of Typhoon Yutu, which devastated the Northern Mariana Islands as a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon on October 24, just weeks before the election.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands' non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives is elected for a two-year term. Incumbent Delegate Gregorio Sablan, an independent who caucuses with the Democratic Party, successfully sought re-election to a sixth consecutive term. Sablan, who ran unopposed in 2016, defeated Republican Rep. Angel Demapan, a member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands
The election coincided with the elections of other federal midterm and Commonwealth offices, including the local Northern Mariana Islands general election and territorial general election, as well as the nationwide 2018 United States House of Representatives elections and the 2016 United States general elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Northern Mariana Islands, Results
Incumbent Gregorio Sablan won re-election to his sixth term as Delegate, defeating Republican Angel Demapan.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota was held on November 6, to elect the U.S. Representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with other statewide, legislative, and local elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota
Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Kristi Noem did not run for a fifth term and instead ran successfully for Governor of South Dakota. This is the first open seat election since 2004 and the first time a male candidate was elected since 2002.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in United States Virgin Islands
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands' at-large congressional district. The election will coincide with the larger United States House election and other elections in the United States Virgin Islands, such as the 2018 gubernatorial general election.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in United States Virgin Islands
The non-voting delegate is elected for a two-year term. Incumbent delegate Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat, who sought re-election for a third term, was the only declared candidate. She was unopposed in the primary and general elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. Representative from the state of Vermont from Vermont's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primary elections were held on August 14. Peter Welch, a Democrat won reelection to a seventh term, defeating Republican Anya Tynio.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont, Republican primary, Post-primary
H. Brooke Paige, who also won the Republican nominations for U.S. Senate, state Attorney General, state Secretary of State, state Treasurer and state Auditor, withdrew from all but the Secretary of State race on August 24 in order to allow the Vermont Republican State Committee to name replacement candidates. Anya Tynio, who came in 2nd place in the primary, was nominated to be the Republican nominee.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont, Liberty Union/Socialist nomination
The Liberty Union Party serves as the Vermont affiliate of the Socialist Party for federal-level elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming was held on November 6, 2018 to elect the U.S. Representative from Wyoming's at-large congressional district, who would represent the state of Wyoming in the 116th United States Congress. The election coincided with the 2018 U.S. mid-term elections, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming
Key 2018 races in Wyoming included elections for Governor, Secretary of State of Wyoming, U.S. Senate, 15 of the 30 seats in the Wyoming State Senate, and all 60 seats in the Wyoming House of Representatives.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming
Incumbent Republican Liz Cheney won reelection to a second term.


2018 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming
Primary elections to determine each party's nominee for the general election were held on August 21, 2018.


2018 United States House of Representatives election ratings
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2018, with early voting taking place in some states in the weeks preceding that date. Voters chose representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. Non -voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five inhabited U.S. territories were also elected. These midterm elections took place nearly halfway through the first term of Republican President Donald Trump. The winners will serve in the 116th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census. On Election Day, Republicans had held a House majority since January 2011 as a result of the 2010 elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives election ratings
In the 2018 midterm elections, the Democrats won control of the House and had a net gain of more than 40 seats from their total after the 2016 elections (including one seat gained previously with Conor Lamb's March 2018 special election victory). This was their largest gain of seats since the 1974 elections, when they picked up 49 seats.


2018 United States House of Representatives election ratings, Election ratings, Latest published ratings for competitive seats
Several sites and individuals publish ratings of competitive seats. The seats listed below were considered competitive (not "safe" or "solid") by at least one of the rating groups. These ratings are based upon factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan history of the district (the Cook Partisan Voting Index is one example of this metric). Each rating describes the likelihood of a given outcome in the election.


2018 United States House of Representatives election ratings, Election ratings, Generic ballot polls
The following is a list of generic party ballot polls conducted in advance of the 2018 House of Representatives elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2018, with early voting taking place in some states in the weeks preceding that date. Voters chose representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. Non -voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five inhabited U.S. territories were also elected. These midterm elections took place halfway through the term of Republican President Donald Trump. On Election Day, Republicans had held a House majority since January 2011.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections
In the 2018 elections, the Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi, won control of the House. The Democrats gained a net total of 41 seats from the total number of seats they had won in the 2016 elections. The 41-seat gain was the Democrats' largest gain of House seats since the post-Watergate 1974 elections, when they picked up 49 seats.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections
Upon the opening of the 116th United States Congress, Pelosi was elected as Speaker of the House. Incumbent Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan chose not to run for another term. In November 2018, House Republicans elected Kevin McCarthy as House Minority Leader.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Results summary and analysis
The Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections. The Democrats gained a net total of 41 seats from the total number of seats they had won in the 2016 elections. This was their largest gain of House seats in an election since the 1974 elections, when the Democrats gained 49 House seats. Democrats won the popular vote by more than 9.7 million votes or 8.6%, the largest midterm margin for any party and the largest margin on record for a minority party.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Results summary and analysis
According to the Associated Press' statistical analysis, gerrymandering cost the Democrats an additional sixteen House seats from Republicans.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Results summary and analysis
Voter turnout in this election was 50.3%, the highest turnout in a U.S. midterm election since 1914.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Results summary and analysis
Note that the results summary does not include blank and over/under votes which were included in the official results or votes cast in the voided election in North Carolina's 9th congressional district.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Retirements
In the November general elections, fifty-four incumbents did not seek re-election, either to retire or to seek other positions.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Resignations and death
Four seats opened early due to resignations or death and were not filled until the November elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Resignations
Three other members announced their retirements but then resigned early before their terms ended.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Closest races
In eighty-nine races the margin of victory was under 10%.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Voter demographics
Source: Edison Research exit poll for the National Election Pool


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Alabama
The state congressional delegation remained the same at 6–1 for Republicans.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Alaska
Republicans maintained control of the sole seat in the state.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Arizona
The state congressional delegation flipped from a 5–4 Republican majority to a 5–4 Democratic majority.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Arkansas
The state congressional delegation remained the same with a 4–0 Republican majority.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Colorado
The state congressional delegation flipped from a 4–3 Republican majority to a 4–3 Democratic majority.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Delaware
Democrats retained control of the sole seat in the state.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Iowa
Iowa's delegation flipped from a 3–1 Republican majority to a 3–1 Democratic majority.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Louisiana
All incumbents were re-elected and Republicans maintained their 5–1 majority.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Maine
The 1–1 tie became a 2–0 Democratic hold. This was the first use of ranked choice voting to decide a House race.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Michigan
The delegation flipped from a 9–5 Republican majority to a 7–7 split.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Minnesota
Although half of the seats switched parties, Democrats maintained the same 5–3 majority.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, New Jersey
The state congressional delegation changed from 7–5 for Democrats to 11–1 for Democrats.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, New Mexico
The state congressional delegation changed from 2–1 for Democrats to all 3 seats being controlled by Democrats.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, New York
Democrats increased their seat majority in New York's congressional delegation from 18–9 to 21–6.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, North Carolina
Due to allegations of electoral fraud, the 116th Congress was sworn in with one seat vacant. On February 21, 2019, a new election was ordered by the state election board.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Ohio
The state congressional delegation remained the same at 12–4 for Republicans.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Oklahoma
The state congressional delegation changed from 5–0 for Republicans to a 4–1 Republican majority.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Oregon
The state congressional delegation remained the same with a 4–1 Democratic majority.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Pennsylvania
As a result of changes in the congressional map, the state congressional delegation changed from a 13–5 Republican majority to a 9–9 split.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Rhode Island
The state congressional delegation remained unchanged at 2–0 for Democrats.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, South Carolina
The state congressional delegation changed from 6–1 for Republicans to 5–2 for Republicans.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, South Dakota
Republicans retained control of the sole seat in the state.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Texas
The state congressional delegation changed from a 25–11 Republican majority to a 23–13 Republican majority.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Utah
The state congressional delegation changed from 4–0 for Republicans to a 3–1 Republican majority.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Vermont
The Democrats maintained control of the sole seat in the state.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Virginia
The state congressional delegation flipped from a 7–4 Republican majority to a 7–4 Democratic majority.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, West Virginia
The state congressional delegation remained the same at 3–0 for Republicans.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Wyoming
Republicans maintained control of the sole seat in the state.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Non-voting delegates, Northern Mariana Islands
The election for a non-voting delegate from the Northern Mariana Islands was postponed until Tuesday, November 13, 2018 due to the impact of Typhoon Yutu.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections, Non-voting delegates, Puerto Rico
The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico is not up for re-election until 2020. Currently held by Republican Jenniffer González, who was first elected in 2016, the Resident Commissioner is the only member of the United States House of Representatives to serve a four-year term.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the seven U.S. Representatives from the state of Alabama, one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, as well as elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on June 5, with all choosing a nominee except the Republican primary in the 2nd district, which went to a July 17 runoff. The 2018 general election saw no change in Alabama's representation, remaining at a 6–1 GOP advantage, even though Democrats won over 40% of the statewide vote.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, Overview, District
Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama by district:


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 1
The incumbent was Republican Bradley Byrne, who has represented the district since 2013. Byrne was re-elected with 96% of the vote in 2016, against nominal write-in opposition.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 2
The incumbent was Republican Martha Roby, who has represented the district since 2011. Roby was re-elected with 49% of the vote in 2016.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 2
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee included Alabama's 2nd congressional district on its initial list of Republican-held seats considered targets in 2018.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 3
The incumbent was Republican Mike Rogers, who has represented the district since 2003. Rogers was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2016.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 4
The incumbent was Republican Robert Aderholt, who has represented the district since 1997. Aderholt was re-elected with 99% of the vote in 2016 against nominal write-in opposition.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 5
The incumbent was Republican Mo Brooks, who has represented the district since 2011. Brooks was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2016.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 6
The incumbent was Republican Gary Palmer, who has represented the district since 2015. Palmer was re-elected with 74% of the vote in 2016.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, District 7
The incumbent was Democrat Terri Sewell, who has represented the district since 2011. Sewell was re-elected with 98% of the vote in 2016 against nominal write-in opposition.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the nine U.S. Representatives from the State of Arizona, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2018 Arizona gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The 2018 general elections saw the Democratic party gain the 2nd Congressional district, thus flipping the state from a 5–4 Republican advantage to a 5–4 Democratic advantage, the first time since the 2012 election in which Democrats held more House seats in Arizona than the Republicans.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, Overview
Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona by district:


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 1
The 1st district is home to the Grand Canyon and stretches along the eastern and northeastern portions of the state and includes Casa Grande, Flagstaff, and Marana. This district has a significant Native-American population, making up 25% of the population in the district. This district is home to a number of Indian reservations, including the Gila River Indian Community, Hopi Reservation, and the Navajo Nation. Incumbent Democratic Congressman Tom O'Halleran won election to his first term in 2016 with 50.90 percent of the vote over Republican nominee Paul Babeu. This district is one of the most competitive in the state with a PVI of R+2. In 2018, the district was one of 36 Democratic-held House districts targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 2
The 2nd district is based in the southeastern corner of Arizona and includes Cochise County and parts of suburban Tucson. Republican Martha McSally was reelected to a second term in 2016, defeating Democratic opponent Matt Heinz by a margin of 57 to 43 percent in the general election. In 2018, this district was one of 80 Republican-held House districts targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 3
The third district is based in Tucson and stretches along the southern border of Arizona including Yuma, rural portions of Maricopa County such as Gila Bend, and the western suburbs of Phoenix including Avondale, Buckeye, Goodyear, and parts of Litchfield Park. Raúl Grijalva has represented this district since 2002, and ran unopposed in 2016.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 4
The fourth district takes up most of rural northwestern and western Arizona and includes Kingman, Lake Havasu City, Prescott, and San Tan Valley. This is the most Republican district in Arizona with a PVI of R+21. Republican Paul Gosar was reelected to a fourth term in 2016 with 71% of the vote.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 4
This congressional race received national media coverage during the general election after Democratic nominee David Brill aired television advertisements in which six of Republican incumbent Paul Gosar's nine siblings each condemned their brother and endorsed Brill, imploring residents of the fourth district to vote their brother out of office. Gosar responded to this advert with a tweet in which he dismissed his siblings' criticisms and characterized the six siblings as, "disgruntled Hillary supporters" who "put political ideology before family".


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 5
The 5th district is based in the East Valley region of suburban Phoenix and includes Gilbert and Queen Creek, as well as portions of Chandler and Mesa. Republican Andy Biggs was elected to his first term in 2016 with 64% of the vote.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 6
The sixth district is based in northeastern suburban Phoenix and is centered around Scottsdale, and also includes many affluent communities such as Fountain Hills and Paradise Valley. Republican David Schweikert was re-elected to a third term in 2016 with 62.23% of the vote. In 2018, this district was one of 80 Republican-held House districts targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 7
The seventh district is based in the city of Phoenix and also includes parts of Glendale and Tolleson. This is the most Democratic district in Arizona with a PVI of D+23. Democrat Ruben Gallego was elected to a second term in 2016 with 75.12% of the vote. No Republican candidate filed to run in 2018.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 8
The eighth district is based in the West Valley region of suburban Phoenix and includes the cities of El Mirage, Peoria, and Surprise, and also many retirement communities such as Sun City. Republican Congressman Trent Franks represented the district from 2003 to 2017, winning reelection in 2016 with 68.66% of the vote. Franks resigned from Congress on December 8, 2017, after a controversy regarding surrogate mothers. Republican Debbie Lesko won the special election that took place on April 24, 2018, defeating Democratic nominee Hiral Tipirneni with 52.6% of the vote. In the November 2018 general election, Lesko won a full term, again defeating Tipirneni.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, District 9
The ninth district is based in suburban Phoenix and is centered around Tempe, and also includes portions of Chandler, Mesa, and Scottsdale. This district is moderately competitive with a PVI of D+4. Democrat Kyrsten Sinema was re-elected to a third term in 2016 with 60.89% of the vote. In 2018, Sinema did not seek reelection to the U.S. House, instead running for U.S. Senate in order to replace Jeff Flake. In 2018, this district was one of 36 Democratic-held House districts targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, to elect the four U.S. Representatives from the U.S. state of Arkansas; one from each of the state's four congressional districts. Primaries were held on May 22, 2018. The elections and primaries coincided with the elections and primaries of other federal and state offices. Polls were open from 7:30 AM to 7:30 PM CST.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, Overview, District
Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas by district:


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 1
The incumbent is Republican Rick Crawford, who has represented the district since 2011. Crawford was re-elected with 76% of the vote in 2016. The Democratic nominee is Chintan Desai, a project manager for KIPP.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 2
The incumbent is Republican French Hill, who has represented the district since 2015. He was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2016. The Democratic nominee is Clarke Tucker, a state representative.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 2
Arkansas's 2nd district has been included on the initial list of Republican held seats being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 3
The incumbent is Republican Steve Womack, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 77% of the vote in 2016. The Democratic nominee is Joshua Mahony from Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Libertarian candidate is Michael Kalagias, a retired teacher and volunteer firefighter from Rogers, Arkansas.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, District 4
The incumbent is Republican Bruce Westerman, who has represented the district since 2015. He was re-elected with 75% of the vote in 2016. The Democratic nominee is Hayden Shamel, a teacher from Hot Springs, Arkansas.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on November 6, 2018, with the primary elections being held on June 5, 2018. Voters elected the 53 U.S. Representatives from the state of California, one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including a gubernatorial election, other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Democrats won in seven congressional districts previously represented by Republicans, all of which voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. This reduced the California House Republican delegation by half and left the Republican Party with the fewest seats in California since 1946.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Incumbents Jeff Denham, David Valadao, Steve Knight (politician), Mimi Walters, and fifteen-term incumbent Dana Rohrabacher were all defeated. Democrats also picked up two open seats held by thirteen-term incumbent Edward Royce and nine-term incumbent Darrell Issa. The seven Democratic House pickups in California were the most made by the party in the 2018 election cycle.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Overview, By district
Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California by district:


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 1
The 1st district is based in inland Northern California and includes Chico and Redding.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 1
After advancing to the general election, Democratic candidate Audrey Denney was forced to pause her campaign for emergency tumor-removal surgery in August, but returned in time to debate LaMalfa in September. She lost having received 45.1% of the vote, but won the Democratic party nomination for the 2020 election. Republican Doug LaMalfa, who had represented the 1st district since 2013, won re-election with 54.9% of the vote.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 2
The 2nd district is based in California's North Coast and includes Marin County and Eureka. Democrat Jared Huffman, who had represented the 2nd district since 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 3
The 3rd district is based in north central California and includes Davis, Fairfield, and Yuba City. Democrat John Garamendi, who had represented the 3rd district since 2013 and previously represented the 10th district from 2009 to 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 4
The 4th district is based in east central California and includes Lake Tahoe, Roseville, and Yosemite National Park. Republican Tom McClintock, who had represented the 4th district since 2009, won re-election against Democrat Jessica Morse.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 5
The 5th district is based in the North Bay and includes Napa, Santa Rosa, and Vallejo. Democrat Mike Thompson, who had represented the 5th district since 2013 and previously represented the 1st district from 1999 to 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 6
The 6th district is based in north central California and includes Sacramento. Democrat Doris Matsui, who had represented the 6th district since 2013 and previously represented the 5th district from 2005 to 2013, won re-election against fellow Democrat, Jrmar Jefferson.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 7
The 7th district is based in north central California and includes southern and eastern Sacramento County. Democrat Ami Bera, who had represented the 7th district since 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 8
The 8th district is based in the eastern High Desert and includes Victorville and Yucaipa. Republican Paul Cook, who had represented the 8th district since 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 9
The 9th district is based in the Central Valley and includes the San Joaquin Delta and Stockton. Democrat Jerry McNerney, who had represented the 9th district since 2013 and previously represented the 11th district from 2007 to 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 10
The 10th district is based in the Central Valley and includes Modesto (and the remainder of Stanislaus County), Manteca, and Tracy (with other portions of southern San Joaquin County). Republican Jeff Denham, who had represented the 10th district since 2013 and previously represented the 19th district from 2011 to 2013, lost re-election to Democrat Josh Harder.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 10
Harder won both counties. Blue represents counties won by Harder.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 11
The 11th district is based in the East Bay and includes Concord and Richmond. Democrat Mark DeSaulnier, who had represented the 11th district since 2015, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 12
The 12th district is based in the Bay Area and includes most of San Francisco. House Democratic Leader and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who had represented the 12th district since 2013 and previously represented the 8th district from 1993 to 2013 and the 5th district from 1987 until 1993, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 13
The 13th district is based in the East Bay and includes Berkeley and Oakland. Democrat Barbara Lee, who had represented the 13th district since 2013 and previously represented the 9th district from 1998 to 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 14
The 14th district is based in the Bay Area and includes most of San Mateo County. Democrat Jackie Speier, who had represented the 14th district since 2013 and previously represented the 12th district from 2008 to 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 15
The 15th district is based in the East Bay and includes Hayward and Livermore. Democrat Eric Swalwell, who had represented the 15th district since 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 16
The 16th district is based in the Central Valley and includes Fresno, Madera, and Merced. Democrat Jim Costa, who had represented the 16th district since 2013 and previously represented the 20th district from 2005 to 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 17
The 17th district is based in the Bay Area and includes Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Santa Clara, Fremont, and Milpitas. Democrat Ro Khanna, who had represented the 17th district since 2017, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 18
The 18th district is based in the Bay Area and includes Palo Alto, Redwood City, and Saratoga. Democrat Anna Eshoo, who had represented the 18th district since 2013 and previously represented the 14th district from 1993 to 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 19
The 19th district is based in the South Bay and includes most of San Jose. Democrat Zoe Lofgren, who had represented the 19th district since 2013 and previously represented the 16th district from 1995 to 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 20
The 20th district is based in the Central Coast and includes Monterey and Santa Cruz. Democrat Jimmy Panetta, who had represented the 20th district since 2017, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 21
The 21st district is based in the Central Valley and includes Hanford and parts of Bakersfield. Republican David Valadao, who had represented the 21st district since 2013, narrowly lost re-election to Democrat TJ Cox. Cox was running in the 10th district race before switching to run in the 21st district in March 2017. Democrat Emilio Huerta, who ran for the seat in 2016 and was planning to run again, dropped out shortly before Cox entered the race.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 21
Blue represents counties won by Cox. Red represents counties won by Valadao.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 22
The 22nd district is based in the Central Valley and includes Clovis, Tulare, and Visalia. Republican Devin Nunes, who had represented the 22nd district since 2013 and previously represented the 21st district from 2003 to 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 23
The 23rd district is based in the southern Central Valley and includes parts of Bakersfield. Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who had represented the 23rd district since 2013 and previously represented the 22nd district from 2007 to 2013, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 24
The 24th district is based in the Central Coast and includes San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. Democrat Salud Carbajal, who had represented the 24th district since 2017, won re-election.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 25
The 25th district is based in northern Los Angeles County and includes Palmdale and Santa Clarita as well as Simi Valley in Ventura County. Republican Steve Knight, who had represented the 25th district since 2015, lost re-election to Democrat Katie Hill.


2018 United States House of Representatives elections in California, Results, District 25
Blue represents counties won by Hill. Red represents counties won by Knight.