2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Recognition
Kerala Government gave early increments to 61 people to reward them for their efforts in tackling this outbreak: 4 assistant professors, 19 staff nurses, 7 nursing assistants, 17 cleaning staff, 4 hospital attenders, 2 health inspectors, 4 security staff, 1 plumber, and 3 lab technicians. Twelve junior residents and two senior residents were also awarded gold medals of one sovereign each.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Recognition
Lini Puthussery, a  28 year old nurse at the Perambra Taluk hospital who fell victim to Nipah was hailed on social media and by doctors as a hero for her sacrifice. A note she had written addressed to her husband Sajish was widely circulated on social media. Kerala Government Hospital Development Society (KGHDS) employees union instituted an award in Puthussery's name to an outstanding person in the sector. The "Best Nurse in Public Service Award" was instituted in memory of Puthussery. Jim Campbell, the Director of the Health Workforce of World Health Organisation also paid tribute, tweeting "Remember them, lest we forget: Razan al-Najjar (Gaza); Lini Puthusserry (India),  Salome Karwah (Liberia)".


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Recognition
Following the outbreak government modernized it's only virology lab in Alappuzha and decided to establish more virology institutes in the state.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, In popular culture
Virus, a 2019 Indian Malayalam medical thriller film co-produced and directed by Aashiq Abu, released on 7 June 2019 was based on 2018 Kerala Nipah virus outbreak.


2018 Nipissing District municipal elections
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Nipissing District of Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2018 Nippon Professional Baseball draft
The 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on 25 October 2018 at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB. It was arranged with the special cooperation of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. with official naming rights. The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D". 2018 marked the 6th consecutive year in which Taisho Pharmaceuticals had sponsored the event.


2018 Nippon Professional Baseball draft, Summary
Only the first round picks were allowed to be contested with all picks from the second round onward being based on table placing in the 2018 NPB season in a waiver system. Waiver priority was based on inter-league results. As the Pacific League teams came out on top against Central League opposition, Pacific League teams were given preference. From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted.


2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season
The 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 69th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.


2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Interleague results
Interleague results are placed in order of current regular season standings. The 'I' column indicates the teams' interleague position.


2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season, Interleague results
The interleague results are indicative only of the teams playing ability against those teams in the opposing league, and have no bearing on the placings or Climax Series'. The sponsor, Nippon Life, does hand out awards to players and teams based on their finishing in the Interleague standings, however.


2018 Nobel Peace Prize
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict," according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee  announcement on 5 October 2018 in Oslo, Norway. "Both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, such war crimes," according to the award citation. After reading the citation, Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen told reporters that the impact of this year's award is to highlight sexual abuse with the goal that every level of governance take responsibility to end such crimes and impunities.


2018 Nobel Peace Prize
The citation also highlighted the historic context of the 2018 award: "This year marks a decade since the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1820 (2008), which determined that the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict constitutes both a war crime and a threat to international peace and security. This is also set out in the Rome Statute of 1998, which governs the work of the International Criminal Court. The Statute establishes that sexual violence in war and armed conflict is a grave violation of international law. A more peaceful world can only be achieved if women and their fundamental rights and security are recognised and protected in war."


2018 Nobel Peace Prize
Mukwege is the first Congolese and Murad the seventeenth woman and first Iraqi to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Each delivered a Nobel lecture on December 10 at Oslo City Hall as part of the Nobel Peace Prize Award ceremony, which took place among main events scheduled during the December 9–11 "Nobel days in Oslo."


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Award announcement
Denis Mukwege is a gynecologist specializing in the treatment of women victimized by sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nadia Murad is a Yazidi human rights advocate who survived sexual slavery by the Islamic State in Iraq and published a memoir of the ordeal. "Each of them in their own way has helped to give greater visibility to war-time sexual violence, so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions," reads the award citation.


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Award announcement
Norwegian Nobel Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen commented on whether the Me Too movement inspired the Committee's award decision: "Metoo and war crimes are not quite the same. But they have in common that they see the suffering of women, the abuse of women and that it is important that women leave the concept of shame behind and speak up."


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Award announcement
At the time of the announcement in Oslo, neither awardee could be reached and informed of winning the prize. "I was in the operating room so when they started to make noise around (it) I wasn't really thinking about what was going on and suddenly some people came in and told me the news," Mukwege told Norwegian daily VG after completing his second surgery of the day, "It was so touching when I was operating and I heard people start to cry and it was so, so, so touching."


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Award announcement
"I can see in the faces of many women how they are happy to be recognised, and this is really so touching," he said when informed by phone of the news. Later addressing colleagues and supporters at the hospital, he said: "dear survivors around the world, I want to tell you that through this prize the world is listening to you and refuses indifference ... We hope that the world will no longer delay taking action in your favour, with force and determination, because the survival of humanity depends on you. It's you women who carry humanity."


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Award announcement
"I hope that it will help bring justice for those women who suffered from sexual violence," said Murad, learning of the award while in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She said she will share her award "with Yazidis, Iraqis, Kurds, other persecuted minorities and all of the countless victims of sexual violence around the world" and will be thinking of her mother, who was slain by IS militants.


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Award announcement
Middlebury College President Laurie L. Patton wrote in an email, "This is by far the best cancellation notice I have ever had to write," when Murad had to cancel as guest speaker delivering the night of the award announcement a presentation entitled "Hope Has an Expiration Date: Exploring the Plight of Victims of Ethnic and Religious Violence in the Middle East."


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions
Tweeted reactions began pouring in immediately following the announcement, with Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth calling it a "long awaited Nobel recognition", Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland calling it "the best Nobel Prize in a long time", and the government of Iraq expressing "deepest respect" for Murad.


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions
The only Yazidi in Iraq's Parliament, Vian Dakhil wrote in a statement  that Murad "proved to the whole world that the will of life and peace is above the savagery of terrorism and hard-liner ideas," and Iraqi President Barham Salih tweeted that "Nadia's honor reflects the world's recognition of the Yazidis tragedy, and all victims of terrorism in Iraq." "We hope that this recognition will help Nadia and Yazidis endeavours to bring justice, peace, and coexistence", tweeted the non-governmental organization Yazda. Hussam Abdullah of the Yazidi Organization for Documentation said "this win represents the international recognition of the genocide that was committed by Daesh," referring to the Sinjar massacre in August 2014.


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions
Among various remarks from the United Nations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said: "By honouring these defenders of human dignity, this prize also recognizes countless victims around the world who have too often been stigmatized, hidden and forgotten. This is their award, too... Let us honour these new Nobel laureates by standing up for victims of sexual violence everywhere." And UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said: "Nadia and Denis, I'm sure I speak for all human rights defenders, when I say we salute you, we admire you beyond words.


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions
You have fought for the pain women have suffered through sexual abuse to be recognized and confronted, and for their dignity to be restored. We need more people to stand up the way you have stood up for the rights of women, for justice, for the rights of minorities, for the rights of everyone."


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions
Other world leaders applauding the two laureates included DR Congo government spokesman Lambert Mende, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, European Commission spokesperson Natasha Bertaud, Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg, and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert.


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Laureates' work
Since 1999, at the onset of the Kivu conflict, Mukwege and Panzi Hospital which he founded in Bukavu have treated some 50,000 women sexually victimized and their children born of sexual violence. Journalist Nicholas Kristoff recounts Dr. Mukwege's efforts in eastern Congo, since interviewing him in 2010, at repairing mass rape victims' horrific internal injuries and speaking out on their behalf at risk of his and his family's life, and Murad's efforts since her abduction and enslavement in 2014 at speaking publicly about the plight of the Yazidis especially women and girls forced into sexual slavery.


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Award ceremony
Since 1990, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded every year on 10 December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death, by the Norwegian Nobel Committee chair in a ceremony at Oslo City Hall that includes the laureate's Nobel lecture in the presence of the King of Norway and royal family. The laureate receives a Nobel diploma, medal and document confirming the Nobel Prize amount.


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Award ceremony
In the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize award presentation speech, committee chair Berit Reiss-Andersen reiterated the committee's decision to award Mukwege and Murad for their respective efforts to address the war crimes of sexual violence, commending them to the "long tradition of champions of human dignity" also celebrated on this date, the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Award ceremony
In her Nobel lecture, Nadia Murad described the plight of the Yazidi community from her own experience and yet her "hope that today marks the beginning of a new era ... to define a new roadmap to protect women, children and minorities from persecution, in particular victims of sexual violence," calling on the international community to "unite to fight injustice and oppression" and "raise our voices together" to say "no to violence, yes to peace, no to slavery, yes to freedom, no to racial discrimination, yes to equality and to human rights for all."


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Award ceremony
In his Nobel lecture, Dennis Mukwege recounted unspeakably horrific suffering of especially babies, girls and women he has treated at Panzi Hospital for mass rape and mutilation since the First Congo War, suffering "that shames our common humanity." With hundreds of thousands raped, 4 million internally displaced and 6 million killed, he said, "only the fight against impunity can break the spiral of violence."


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Award ceremony, Torchlight parade
The traditional torchlight parade in honour of the Nobel laureates on 10 December 2018 was organised by the Norwegian Peace Council in cooperation with five NGOs who work in the field of women's rights and humanitarian relief, the Norwegian Women's Lobby, the Forum for Women and Development, Norwegian Church Aid, Plan International Norway and JOIN Good Forces.


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Committee
Tasked with reviewing nominations from September of the previous year through February 1 and ultimately selecting the Prize winners, the Norwegian Parliament-appointed members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee at the time of the 2018 prize were listed as:


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Committee
The Nobel Committee considered 331 nominations for the 2018 prize, of which 216 were individuals and 115 were organizations, second highest to the record 376 candidates in 2016. Odds makers' favorites included the Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un, the President of South Korea Moon Jae-in, and the President of the United States Donald Trump for their role in the earlier 2018 thaw in North Korea–South Korea relations.


2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Committee
The PRIO Director's "shortlist" included the World Food Programme for addressing hunger and food security; Dr. Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad and Tarana Burke for their respective advocacies against sexual violence; SOS Méditerranée, Doctors Without Borders and the International Rescue Committee for their respective humanitarian work on migration crises in the Mediterranean region and Libya; Oby Ezekwesili and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative for championing anti-corruption and transparency in the link between armed conflict and extractive natural resource governance; and Reporters Without Borders for highlighting injustices against journalists reporting on conflicts and atrocities.


2018 Nobel Prize in Literature
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded the Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life."


2018 Nobel Prize in Literature
The prize was awarded in 2019. It was announced by the Swedish Academy on 10 October 2019.


2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, Laureate
Olga Tokarczuk is noted for a mythical tone in her writing and she is often inspired by maps and the perspective from above. Her magnum opus is considered to be the historical novel The Books of Jacob.


2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, Reactions
The choice of Olga Tokarczuk as Nobel Prize Leareate was generally well received. "The Swedish Academy has made many mistakes in recent years", wrote Claire Armistead in The Guardian, "but in the Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, it has found not only a fine winner but a culturally important one."


2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, Award ceremony prize presentation
In his award ceremony prize presentation on 10 December 2019 Per Wästberg, member of the Swedish Academy, said of Tokarczuk: "Her fusion of intensive embodiment and ephemeral unreality, intimate observation and mythological obsession, make her one of our time’s most original prose writers, with new ways of viewing reality. She is a virtuoso of instant portraiture, capturing characters in the act of escaping daily life. She writes of what no one else does: “the world’s excruciating strangeness”. "Her prose – drastic, rich in ideas – is in nomadic movement throughout her fifteen or so books. Her villages are centres of the universe, the place a protagonist, its singular destinies woven into a fresco of fable and myth."


2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel lecture
In her Nobel lecture The Tender Narrator, delivered at the Swedish Academy on 7 December 2019, Olga Tokarczuk spoke about her belief in the power of literature in a world of information overload and divisive narratives. The lecture was named "Emerging Europe's Artistic Achievement 2020" by the organisation Emerging Europe.


2018 Nokere Koerse
The 2018 Nokere Koerse was the 73rd edition of the Nokere Koerse road cycling one day race. It was held on 14 March 2018 as part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.HC.


2018 Nokere Koerse
The race was won by Fabio Jakobsen of Quick-Step Floors, ahead of Amaury Capiot and Hugo Hofstetter.


2018 Nokere Koerse, Teams
Twenty-three teams of up to seven riders started the race:


2018 Nor.Ca. Men's Handball Championship
The 2018 Nor.Ca. Men's Handball Championship was the second edition of the Men's Nor.Ca. Men's Handball Championship. The tournament was held in Mexico City at the Centro deportivo Olimpico Mexicano from 3 to 8 April 2018. It acted as the North American and Caribbean qualifying tournament for the 2018 Pan American Men's Handball Championship.


2018 Nordic Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2018 Nordic Artistic Gymnastics Championships was an artistic gymnastics competition held in Farum, Denmark. The event was held between 29 June and 1 July. The competition featured both senior and junior fields.


2018 Nordic Golf League
The 2018 Nordic Golf League was the 20th season of the Nordic Golf League, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour.


2018 Nordic Golf League, Graduates
The top five players on the Nordic Golf League Ranking earn Challenge Tour cards for 2019.


2018 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2018 took place in Kandersteg and Goms, Switzerland from 27 January to 4 February 2018. This was the 41st Junior World Championships and the 13th Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing.


2018 Nordic Naturals Challenger
The 2018 Nordic Naturals Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Aptos, United States between 6 and 12 August 2018.


2018 Nordic Naturals Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Nordic Naturals Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2018 Nordic Naturals Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using special exempts:


2018 Nordic Naturals Challenger – Doubles
Jonathan Erlich and Neal Skupski were the defending champions but chose to defend their title with different partners. Erlich partnered Ruan Roelofse but lost in the first round to Thanasi Kokkinakis and Matt Reid. Skupski partnered Luke Bambridge but lost in the semifinals to Kokkinakis and Reid.


2018 Nordic Naturals Challenger – Doubles
Kokkinakis and Reid won the title after defeating Jonny O'Mara and Joe Salisbury 6–2, 4–6, [10–8] in the final.


2018 Nordic Naturals Challenger – Singles
Alexander Bublik was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Nordic Naturals Challenger – Singles
Thanasi Kokkinakis won the title after defeating Lloyd Harris 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2018 Nordic Opening
The 2018 Nordic Opening or the third Lillehammer Triple was the 9th edition of the Nordic Opening, an annual cross-country skiing mini-tour event. The three-day event was the second competition round of the 2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.


2018 Nordic Opening, Overall leadership
The results in the overall standings were calculated by adding each skier's finishing times on each stage. On the sprint stage, the winners were awarded 30 bonus seconds, no bonus seconds were awarded on stages two and three. The skier with the lowest cumulative time would be the overall winner of the Nordic Opening.


2018 Nordic Opening, Overall leadership
A total of CHF 240,000, both genders included, was awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winners of the Nordic Opening received CHF 22,500, with the second and third placed skiers getting CHF 17,500 and CHF 11,000 respectively. All finishers in the top 20 were awarded money. CHF 5,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places second and third.


2018 Nordic Opening, World Cup points distribution
The overall winners were awarded 200 points. The winners of each of the three stages are awarded 50 points. The maximum number of points an athlete can earn is therefore 350 points.


2018 Nordic Under-17 Football Championship
The 2018 Nordic Under-17 Football Championship was the 42nd edition of the Nordic Under-17 Football Championship. It was held in Faroe Islands from 5 to 11 August 2018.


2018 Norfolk State Spartans football team
The 2018 Norfolk State Spartans football team represented Norfolk State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Latrell Scott and played their home games at William "Dick" Price Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 4–7, 2–5 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2018 Norfolk State Spartans football team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 2017 season 4–7, 4–4 in MEAC play to finish in sixth place.


2018 Norfolk State Spartans football team, Preseason, MEAC preseason poll
In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Spartans were picked to finish in sixth place.


2018 Norfolk State Spartans football team, Preseason, Preseason All-MEAC Teams
The Spartans had seven players at eight positions selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.


2018 Norfolk State Spartans football team, Schedule
Despite also being a member of the MEAC, the game vs South Carolina State will be considered a non-conference game and have no effect on the MEAC standings.


2018 Norfolk State Spartans football team, Game summaries, James Madison
Due to inclement weather, the JMU–Norfolk State game was mutually ended after the first quarter.


2018 Norfolk State Spartans football team, Game summaries, at Liberty
This game was originally scheduled for September 15, but was moved to December 1 due to Hurricane Florence.


2018 Norrbotten regional election
Norrbotten County or Region Norrbotten held a regional council election on 9 September 2018, on the same day as the general and municipal elections.


2018 Norrbotten regional election, Results
The number of seats remained at 71 with the Health Care Party winning the most seats at 27, overtaking the Social Democrats at 23, after having trailed the Social Democrats by eight seats in 2014. The Health Care Party became the first party to supplant the Social Democrats as the largest party in any election in Norrbotten in the post world-war era. The party received 34.7 % compared to 29.6 % for the Social Democrats.


2018 North Alabama Lions football team
The 2018 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Chris Willis. The Lions played their home games at Braly Municipal Stadium and were competing as an FCS Independent. They finished the season 7–3.


2018 North Alabama Lions football team, Previous season
The Lions finished the season 5–5, 5–3 in Gulf South Conference (GSC) play to finish in a five-way tie for second place.


2018 North Alabama Lions football team, Previous season
This was their final season as a member of the GSC and NCAA Division II as they will begin a transition to NCAA Division I and the Football Championship Subdivision where they will be a member of the Big South Conference in 2019 after playing 2018 as an FCS independent.


2018 North American Soccer League season
The 2018 North American Soccer League season would have been the eighth season of the modern North American Soccer League (NASL), but was canceled after the league was denied a preliminary injunction to prevent the loss of their Division II status.


2018 North American Soccer League season, League news
The previous season's champion was the San Francisco Deltas who defeated the New York Cosmos in Soccer Bowl 2017. The Deltas folded after the 2017 season, citing financial difficulty and the uncertainty surrounding the future of the league.


2018 North American Soccer League season, League news
Prior to the 2017 season, the league's Division II status was downgraded by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) to a provisional sanctioning after league membership decreased to less than the 12 required by the Federation. At the same time, the USSF also promoted the former Division III league, the United Soccer League (USL), to a provisional Division II sanctioning.


2018 North American Soccer League season, League news
During the 2017 season, the NASL announced two more expansion teams in California: San Diego 1904 FC in San Diego and California United FC in Orange County. The additions would have brought the 2018 league members only up to 10, still short of the 12 required for Division II.


2018 North American Soccer League season, League news
On September 5, 2017, the USSF announced the NASL would not be granted Division II sanctioning for the upcoming 2018 season. Two weeks later on September 19, the NASL announced it was filing an antitrust lawsuit against the USSF over the sanctioning. A federal judge denied the league's request for a mandatory injunction against the USSF to regain its Division II designation in November 2017.


2018 North American Soccer League season, League news
Two weeks later on November 16, North Carolina FC left the league to join the USL. FC Edmonton and the San Francisco Deltas then announced they would cease professional operations citing the uncertainty about the divisional status of the league. Indy Eleven would also join the USL in January 2018.


2018 North American Soccer League season, League news
Due to the continuing litigation in regards to its status with the USSF, the league announced a move to an international season in January 2018. The new schedule postponed the start of the season until August 2018. Following the postponement of the 2018 season, Jacksonville Armada FC and Miami FC announced they would launch teams in the lower division National Premier Soccer League for at least the spring portion of the 2018 season, but had not ruled out continuing in the NASL once the season begins.


2018 North American Soccer League season, League news
On February 23, 2018, the appeals court denied that NASL a preliminary injunction to prevent the loss of their Division II sanctioning. Four days later, the NASL announced that it had canceled the 2018 season entirely and hoped to return for a 2019 season. Following that announcement, San Diego 1904 FC announced that it had withdrawn from the NASL the previous month and was looking to move to the USL for 2019 instead.


2018 North American heat wave
The 2018 North American heat wave affected regions of Canada, where at least 70 deaths in Quebec were heat-related, the United States, where 18 states between Michigan and New Mexico issued heat advisories to a population of over 60 million people, and of Mexico, particularly the northwest and central regions.


2018 North American heat wave, Canada, Quebec and Ontario
From 1 to 6 July 2018, the air temperature consistently rose above 35 °C (95.0 °F) in parts of Quebec and Ontario. The humidex value for Ottawa on Canada Day between noon and 3 pm was 47, the highest ever recorded in the city. The humidex also peaked at 46 in Toronto and 45 in Montreal. The heat wave also affected the Maritimes, with the humidex value reaching 35 in Halifax and  45  at Greenwood in the Annapolis Valley, on 5 July.


2018 North American heat wave, Canada, Quebec and Ontario
On 4 July, Montreal emergency services reported twelve hundred calls per day about the heat, up 30% from prior busiest days.


2018 North American heat wave, Canada, Quebec and Ontario
As of 10 July, seventy-four people, most of them already ill, had died heat-related deaths in Quebec. This province's death toll is reported as much higher than others' because of its looser rules for attributing death to heat. In Ontario, where only accidental deaths directly caused by heat are counted, the coroner's office is investigating three possible cases.


2018 North American heat wave, Canada, Maritime provinces
While the heat wave ended on 10 July in Central Canada, this was not so for the Maritimes. On the 23rd of July, the interaction between a far-northwest Azores-Bermuda High and a trough over Ontario led to the issuing of heat warnings for all three Maritime Provinces, with several locations reporting humidex values in excess of 36. In Halifax, the heat wave contributed to a record-breaking number of hot days in July, with the airport reporting daily high temperatures in excess of 25 degrees Celsius on twenty-two days that month, breaking the previous record of twenty-one days set in 2008, 2003, and 1924.


2018 North American heat wave, Canada, Western Canada, British Columbia
On 8 and 9 August, temperatures reached high levels in Metro Vancouver. The daily highs in Abbotsford were 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) and 34.1 °C (93.4 °F) respectively. Temperatures on the waterfront of Vancouver reached 31.0 °C (87.8 °F) and 30.8 °C (87.4 °F). The hottest temperature reached in the Lower Mainland was 36.5 °C (97.7 °F) in Cultus Lake. Cranbrook broke its record for August of 37.2 °C (99.0 °F), and the all-time record of 38.9 °C (102.0 °F), with temperatures reaching 40.5 °C (104.9 °F). Creston broke its August record of 38.0 °C (100.4 °F), reaching 38.7 °C (101.7 °F), but did not break the all-time record.


2018 North American heat wave, Canada, Western Canada, Alberta
The largest city to break an all-time record was Calgary, with temperatures reaching 36.7 °C (98.1 °F). The previous record for August was 35.6 °C (96.1 °F), while the all-time record was 36.1 °C (97.0 °F). Temperatures in Lethbridge reached 40.5 °C (104.9 °F), breaking the previous August record of 38.9 °C (102.0 °F), and surpassing its all-time record of 40.0 °C (104.0 °F). Medicine Hat reached 40.4 °C (104.7 °F), the warmest recorded temperature since 1969. Barnwell recorded the highest temperature of 40.8 °C (105.4 °F) during the heat wave on August 10.


2018 North American heat wave, Canada, Western Canada, Saskatchewan
The core heat passed over Saskatchewan on August 10 and 11. Numerous temperature readings above 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) were recorded across the province including in Assiniboia and Swift Current, which both recorded 2 consecutive days with high temperatures above 40.0 °C (104.0 °F). This was the first time maximum temperatures greater than 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) were recorded since 2003. Numerous monthly records were set including in Moose Jaw, where the temperature reached 42.3 °C (108.1 °F), and Regina where the maximum temperature was 41.3 °C (106.3 °F).


2018 North American heat wave, Canada, Western Canada, Manitoba
Numerous daily records were set across Manitoba on August 11 and 12. High temperatures of 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) were recorded on Manitoba Agriculture weather stations in both Elm Creek and Waskada on August 12. These were the first 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) readings in Manitoba since 1989. Melita recorded three consecutive days with temperatures above 35.0 °C (95.0 °F) from August 10–12, peaking at 39.6 °C (103.3 °F) on August 12. On August 12 in Winnipeg, temperatures peaked at 37.5 °C (99.5 °F), the warmest temperature since 1995, with the humidex reaching 45.0, the third highest August humidex on record.


2018 North American heat wave, United States, California
On 6 July, the temperature at UCLA  was 111 °F (43.9 °C), breaking the all-time high temperature record of 109 °F (42.8 °C) set in 1939 but still 6 °F (3.3 °C) lower than the record 117 °F (47.2 °C) set in Woodland Hills, a Los Angeles neighborhood, at about 1 p.m. local time the same day, according  to the weather service. Elsewhere in California, Santa Ana and Ramona hit respective record highs of 114 °F (45.6 °C) and 117 °F (47.2 °C). The combined conditions of heat and dryness fueled wildfires that caused one fatality and hundreds of evacuations. In Palm Springs the temperature reached 119 °F (48.3 °C).


2018 North American heat wave, United States, California
On 7 July, approximately 34,000 customers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power  (about 2.5% of its base) experienced power outages, some for up to 24 hours. The previous day, peak energy-demand set a new record for any July day in the city, at 6,256 megawatts.


2018 North American heat wave, United States, California
On July 23 Palm Springs' temperature reached 119 °F (48.3 °C) again. On July 24 the temperature hit 121 °F (49.4 °C), two degrees Fahrenheit less than its all-time record set in July 1995.


2018 North American heat wave, United States, California
California's state authorities and the California Independent System Operator both urged power conservation by people and business from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on July 24 and July 25, 2018. Flex Alerts were issued as the power grid began to overload. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health also urged people to stay out of the sun on July 24. Thousands lost electricity in California due to sporadic temporary power cuts on July 24 as record temperatures hit the southwestern United States, including much of Arizona and parts of California and Utah.


2018 North American heat wave, United States, California
On July 26, the visitor center at Furnace Creek, California in Death Valley had been over 111 °F (43.9 °C) since 10:00am and it climbed to 124.3 °F (51.3 °C) at 4pm local time.


2018 North American heat wave, United States, California, Wildfires
The forest fires that started near the Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks on July 13 grew Jul 22, 2018. The fires were visible for several miles on the south side of the Mineral King Road and Slapjack Creek, a National Park officials said on July 22. The Atwell-Hockett Trail and the Tar Gap Trail are closed due to the fire, But the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks remain open on July 22. A bulldozer on July 13 and 4 firefighters had died by July 22. More than 2,800 firefighters, a fleet of aircraft and bulldozers had contained only 7% of its perimeter by July 22. An air tanker dropped fire retardant drop on the Horse Creek Fire in Sequoia National Park.


2018 North American heat wave, United States, California, Wildfires
Several fires hit Whiskeytown, California; whilst others expanded past the Sacramento River and into Redding, California on July 28. At least 500 homes, businesses and other structures have been destroyed and 5 died by 28 July.


2018 North American heat wave, United States, California, Wildfires
About 12,000 firefighters battled to contain wildfires in "erratic" winds across northern California on July 29. 6 Californians and 5 others elsewhere had died by June 29.


2018 North American heat wave, United States, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona recorded 116 °F (46.7° Celsius) on July 24 and 25, 2018 which was lower than the all-time high of 122 °F (50° Celsius) set on June 26, 1990


2018 North American heat wave, United States, Arizona
Yuma, Arizona recorded 118 °F (47.8° Celsius) on July 24, and 117 °F (47.2° Celsius) on July 25. This passed the previous record high of 110.8 °F (43.8 °C) in 1957.


2018 North American heat wave, United States, Colorado
The temperature in Denver, Colorado, on 28 June, tied the city's record at 105 °F (40.6 °C). The record was set in 1878, then matched in 2005 and 2012.


2018 North American heat wave, United States, Louisiana
The temperature in Shreveport, Louisiana on July 21 was 106 °F (41.1 °C).


2018 North American heat wave, United States, Nevada
The temperature in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 25, 26 and 27 was 113 °F (45.0 °C); on July 28 it reached 112 °F (44.4 °C).


2018 North American heat wave, United States, Oklahoma
The temperature in Lawton, Oklahoma on July 19 was 111 °F (43.9 °C).


2018 North American heat wave, United States, Texas
The temperature in Dallas, Texas on July 22 was 112 °F (44.4 °C). The temperature in Wichita Falls on July 19 and July 22 reached 112 °F (44.4 °C).


2018 North American heat wave, United States, Utah
The temperature in St. George, Utah on July 24 and 25 was 109 °F (42.8 °C); on July 26 it reached 110 °F (43.3 °C).


2018 North American heat wave, United States, Montana
The temperature in Glacier National Park Reached Temperatures of 90°F, and 32.22°C.


2018 North American heat wave, Mexico
By the end of May 2018, Mexico was already one week into the heat wave. The states of Baja California, Sonora, Nayarit, Jalisco, Oaxaca,  Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, Querétaro and Morelos registered temperatures between 40 °C (104.0 °F) to 45 °C (113.0 °F), while Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Michoacán and Hidalgo between 45 °C (113.0 °F) and 50 °C (122.0 °F). The states of Hidalgo, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Zacatecas and Jalisco broke historical highs going back more than 50 years. Chihuahua broke its 1978 record temperature and Sinaloa surpassed the high recorded there in 1961. The federal Ministry of the Interior announced that a state of emergency was declared in 573 municipalities in 22 states, and it stated that food and water was being delivered to prevent people from suffering dehydration.


2018 North American heat wave, Mexico
By early June 2018, the Mexican government had declared a state of emergency in more than three hundred municipalities. The extraordinary sales of cold beverages, ice creams, pops and other items popular during hot weather increased to such an extent that Canacope Puebla, a Mexico City business chamber, estimated the nation's GDP would increase by approximately 260 million pesos ($13 mln).


2018 North American heat wave, Mexico
Peak temperatures in July 2018 included: Hermosillo, Sonora, where on July 23 the temperature reached 117 °F (47.2 °C), and Mexicali, Baja California, where on July 23, 24 and 25 the temperature reached 115 °F (46.1 °C).


2018 North Antrim recall petition
The North Antrim recall petition was a 2018 recall petition for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of North Antrim, in Northern Ireland, the first since the procedure was introduced by the Recall of MPs Act 2015. It was triggered by when North Antrim's MP, Ian Paisley Jr, was suspended from the House of Commons for 30 days for advocating for Sri Lanka after failing to declare that its government had paid for his visits there. In the prescribed six-week period, 9.4% of the registered electorate signed the petition, short of the 10% required to unseat Paisley and force a by-election.


2018 North Antrim recall petition, Background
Paisley was first elected MP for North Antrim in the 2010 general election, retaining his seat in 2015 and 2017. In September 2017, The Daily Telegraph alleged that Paisley received hospitality from the government of Sri Lanka for two visits there in 2013 without declaring it, and pointed out that he had been involved in securing a post-Brexit trade deal with that country.


2018 North Antrim recall petition, Background
In July 2018, the Commons Select Committee on Standards recommended that Paisley be suspended from the Commons for 30 sitting days, for not declaring visits to Sri Lanka paid for by the Sri Lankan government, and for breaking the Commons rule banning paid advocacy. On 24 July 2018, MPs voted to suspend Paisley from the House of Commons for a period of 30 sitting days, beginning on 4 September 2018.


2018 North Antrim recall petition, Background
The Recall of MPs Act 2015 provides that a recall petition is automatically initiated by any of several events happening to an MP, one of which is suspension from the House of Commons for a period of more than 10 sitting days or 14 calendar days. Under the procedure, 10% of the constituency's electorate had to sign the petition to cause a by-election. Ian Paisley Jr would have been permitted to stand, and had indicated his intent to do so.


2018 North Antrim recall petition, Signing arrangements
The recall petition was the responsibility of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. It was available for signature to constituents on weekdays from 8 August to 19 September 2018 from 9am to 5pm, with opening hours extended to 9pm on 6 and 13 September, in three centres:


2018 North Antrim recall petition, Signing arrangements
Voters could also apply to sign by post on the same basis as postal voting.


2018 North Antrim recall petition, Signing arrangements
The limitation to three venues, where up to ten are permitted by law, drew criticism from the Ulster Unionist Party and Sinn Féin.


2018 North Antrim recall petition, Result
The result was confirmed in the early hours of Thursday 20 September, with 7,099 people (9.4% of the electorate) signing the petition, below the 10% required, which would have been 7,543.


2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team
The 2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team represented North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University as member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. This season marked the 95th for the program, which was led by first-year head coach Sam Washington. The Aggies finished the season with a record of 9–2 and 6–1 in MEAC play, capturing their tenth conference title. The Aggies also earned an invitation to the Celebration Bowl where they defeated Southwestern Athletic Conference champion Alcorn State, earning their sixth black college football national championship. The Aggies played their home games at the newly renamed BB&T Stadium. They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).


2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team, Previous season
The Aggies finished the season 12–0, 8–0 in MEAC play, to finish in first place and capturing their ninth MEAC Championship. The Aggies were invited to compete in the 2017 Celebration Bowl, where they defeated Southwestern Athletic Conference champion Grambling State, earning their fifth black college football national championship.


2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team, Before the season
At the conclusion of the 2017 football season, the Aggies lost key players such as three-time MEAC Offensive Lineman of the year and two-time All-American Brandon Parker, two-time first-team All-MEAC center Darriel Mack & Khris Gardin, who finished his career second all-time in NCAA history in punt return yards. The Aggies also lost third-team all-MEAC outside linebacker Marcus Albert, Jeremy Taylor & two-time first-team All-MEAC safety/linebacker Jeremy Taylor, who was the team's leading tackler in 2017. In addition to the players, the program lost head coach Rod Broadway, who is the program's all-time leader in winning percentage. Broadway decided to retire in January after weeks of speculation following the team's undefeated season and national championship.


2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team, Before the season, Recruiting
Prior to National Signing Day in February 2018, three players enrolled for the spring semester in order to participate in spring practice. On National Signing Day, A&T signed 15 additional players out of high school that completed the 2018 recruiting class. Of the class, 9 players were from North Carolina, including three players from Greensboro.


2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team, Before the season, MEAC preseason poll
In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Aggies were unanimously picked as the favorites to win the MEAC championship receiving 19 of 20 first place votes (coaches are not allowed to vote for their own team).


2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team, Before the season, Preseason All-MEAC Teams
The Aggies had nine players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams. Quarterback Lamar Raynard was selected as the preseason offensive player of the year.


2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team, Schedule
Despite also being a member of the MEAC, the game vs. Morgan State will be considered a non-conference game and will not effect the MEAC standings.


2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team, Game summaries, at East Carolina
The Aggies upset East Carolina, 28-23, and in the post-game celebration, head coach Sam Washington declared in response to the team being a so-called "buy game" for the Pirates: "Tell them to bring me my money." The statement and ensuing celebration has since become an internet meme.


2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team, Post season, 2019 NFL Draft
The 2019 NFL Draft will be held on April 25–27 in Nashville, Tennessee. The following A&T players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.


2018 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team, Post season, 2019 CFL Draft
The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019. The following A&T players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.


2018 North Carolina Central Eagles football team
The 2018 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represented North Carolina Central University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year interim head coach Granville Eastman. The Eagles played their home games at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 5–6, 3–4 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2018 North Carolina Central Eagles football team, Previous season
The Eagles finished the 2017 season 7–4, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.


2018 North Carolina Central Eagles football team, Previous season
On December 8, head coach Jerry Mack resigned to become the offensive coordinator at Rice. He finished at North Carolina Central with a four-year record of 31–15.


2018 North Carolina Central Eagles football team, Preseason, MEAC preseason poll
In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Eagles were picked to finish in third place.


2018 North Carolina Central Eagles football team, Preseason, Preseason All-MEAC Teams
The Eagles had nine players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams. Defensive back Davanta Reynolds was selected as the preseason defensive player of the year.


2018 North Carolina Courage season
The 2018 North Carolina Courage season is the team's second season as a professional women's soccer team. North Carolina Courage plays in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. On August 5, the Courage clinched the 2018 NWSL Shield for the second consecutive season after a 2–1 win over Portland. The Courage finished the 2018 regular season with only 1 loss and broke the record for most wins in a season (17), most points (57) and most goals (53).


2018 North Carolina Courage season
On September 22 North Carolina defeated the Portland Thorns 3-0 to win the 2018 NWSL Championship and completed one of the most successful seasons for a professional women's soccer team in the United States.


2018 North Carolina Courage season, Team, First-team roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 North Carolina Courage season, Competitions, International friendlies
As defending 2017 Shield winners and playoff finalists, the Courage were selected to participate in the inaugural Women's International Champions Cup. They defeated French side Paris Saint-Germain Women in the semi-final round and French side and defending UEFA Women's Champions League titleholders Lyon Women in the final at Miami Garden's Hard Rock Stadium to become the first ever champions of the event.


2018 North Carolina Education Lottery 200
The 2018 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 was the 7th stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, and the 16th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 18, 2018 in Concord, North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) tri-oval permanent racetrack. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would dominate the race and win the race, the 20th of his career and the 2nd of the season. To fill the podium, Kyle Busch and Brandon Jones, both from Kyle Busch Motorsports would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.


2018 North Carolina Education Lottery 200, Background
The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that was utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.


2018 North Carolina Education Lottery 200, Practice, First practice
First practice was held on Friday, May 18, at 9:05 AM EST. Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time with a 29.813 and an average speed of 181.129 miles per hour (291.499 km/h).


2018 North Carolina Education Lottery 200, Practice, First practice
Austin Wayne Self of Niece Motorsports would hit the wall in the opening minutes of practice, forcing him to go to a backup truck.


2018 North Carolina Education Lottery 200, Practice, Second and final practice
Second and final practice was held on Friday, May 18, at 10:35 AM EST. Dalton Sargeant of GMS Racing would set the fastest time with a 30.176 and an average speed of 178.950 miles per hour (287.992 km/h).


2018 North Carolina Education Lottery 200, Starting lineup
Qualifying was meant to be held on Friday, May 18, but rain would force the cancellation of qualifying. As a result, the starting lineup was determined by owner's points. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would end up winning the pole for the race.


2018 North Carolina Education Lottery 200, Starting lineup
Due to the cancellation, Korbin Forrister, Timothy Peters, and Bo LeMastus would all not qualify for the race.


2018 North Carolina FC season
The 2018 North Carolina FC season was the club's 12th season of existence. Until the 2017 season, the club was previously known as the Carolina RailHawks. The 2018 season was the clubs first in the USL, having left the NASL at the end of the 2017 season. For the first time since 2009 and its fourth in club history, North Carolina won the Southern Derby, a fan-based U.S. professional soccer cup competition between North Carolina, Charleston Battery, and Charlotte Independence. North Carolina finished the regular season in 9th place with 47 points, missing out on the playoffs by 2 points to Nashville.


2018 North Carolina FC season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 North Carolina FC season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 North Carolina FC season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 North Carolina FC season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election
An election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect all 120 members to North Carolina's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. House of Representatives and state senate. The primary election was held on May 8, 2018 with a run-off on June 26, 2018.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election
Republicans retained control of the House, despite losing the popular vote, but lost their three-fifths supermajority after a net loss of nine seats (compared to the results of the 2016 elections), winning 65 seats compared to 55 seats for the Democrats.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 1
Incumbent Republican Bob Steinburg has represented the 1st District since 2013. Steinburg retired to run for the 1st district in the NC Senate. Republican Ed Goodwin won the open seat.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 2
Incumbent Republican Larry Yarborough has represented the 2nd district since 2015.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 3
Incumbent Republican Michael Speciale has represented the 3rd district since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 4
Incumbent Republican Jimmy Dixon has represented the 4th district since 2011.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 5
Incumbent Democratic Howard Hunter III has represented the 5th district since 2015.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 6
Incumbent Republican Beverly Boswell lost the Republican primary to Bobby Hanig. Hanig won the general election.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 7
Incumbent Democrat Bobbie Richardson has represented the 7th district since 2013. Richardson was defeated for re-election by Republican Lisa Stone Barnes.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 8
Incumbent Republican Susan Martin has represented the 8th district since 2013. Martin did not seek re-election. Democrat Kandie Smith won the open seat.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 9
Incumbent Republican Greg Murphy has represented the 9th district since 2015.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 10
Incumbent Republican Majority Leader John Bell has represented the 10th district since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 11
Incumbent Democrat Duane Hall has represented the 11th district since 2013. Hall lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Allison Dahle. Dahle won the open seat.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 12
Incumbent Democrat George Graham has represented the 12th district since 2013. He was defeated for re-election by Republican Chris Humphrey.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 13
Incumbent Republican Pat McElraft has represented the 13th district since 2007.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 14
Incumbent Republican George Cleveland has represented the 14th district since 2005.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 15
Incumbent Republican Phil Shepard has represented the 15th district since 2011.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 16
Incumbent Republican Bob Muller has represented the 16th district since 2017. Muller didn't seek re-election. Republican Carson Smith won the open seat.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 17
Incumbent Republican Frank Iler has represented the 17th district since 2009.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 18
Incumbent Democrat Deb Butler has represented the 18th district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 19
Incumbent Republican Ted Davis Jr. has represented the 19th district since 2012.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 20
Incumbent Republican Holly Grange has represented the 20th district since 2016.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 21
Incumbent Democrat Larry Bell has represented the 21st district and its predecessors since 2001. Bell didn't seek re-election and was succeeded by Raymond Smith.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 22
Incumbent Republican William Brisson has represented the 22nd district since 2007. In 2017 Brisson switched from the Democratic Party to Republican Party.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 23
Incumbent Democrat Shelly Willingham has represented the 23rd district since 2015.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 24
Incumbent Democrat Jean Farmer-Butterfield has represented the 24th district since 2003.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 25
Incumbent Republican Jeff Collins has represented the 25th district since 2011. He did not seek re-election. Democrat James Gailliard won the open seat.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 26
Incumbent Republican Donna McDowell White has represented the 26th district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 27
Incumbent Democrat Michael Wray has represented the 27th district since 2005.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 28
Incumbent Republican Larry Strickland has represented the 28th district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 29
Incumbent Democrat MaryAnn Black has represented the 29th district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 30
Incumbent Democrat Marcia Morey has represented the 30th district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 31
Incumbent Democrat Mickey Michaux has represented the 31st district and its predecessors since 1983. Michaux didn't seek re-election and was succeeded by Democrat Zack Forde-Hawkins.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 32
Incumbent Democrat Terry Garrison has represented the 32nd district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 33
Incumbent Democrat Rosa Gill has represented the 33rd district since 2009.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 34
Incumbent Democrat Grier Martin has represented the 34th district since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 35
Incumbent Republican Chris Malone has represented the 35th district since 2013. Malone lost re-election to Democrat Terence Everitt.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 36
Incumbent Republican Nelson Dollar has represented the 36th district since 2005. Dollar lost re-election to Democrat Julie von Haefen.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 37
Incumbent Republican John Adcock has represented the 37th district since 2018. Adcock lost re-election to Democrat Sydney Batch


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 38
Incumbent Democrat Yvonne Lewis Holley has represented the 38th district since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 39
Incumbent Democratic Minority Leader Darren Jackson has represented the 39th district since 2009.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 40
Incumbent Democrat Joe John has represented the 40th district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 41
Incumbent Democrat Gale Adcock has represented the 41st district since 2015.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 42
Incumbent Democrat Marvin Lucas has represented the 42nd district since 2001.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 43
Incumbent Democrat Elmer Floyd has represented the 43rd district since 2009.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 44
Incumbent Democrat William "Billy" Richardson has represented the 44th district since 2015.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 45
Incumbent Republican John Szoka has represented the 45th district since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 46
Incumbent Republican Brenden Jones has represented the 46th district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 47
Incumbent Democrat Charles Graham has represented the 47th district since 2011.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 48
Incumbent Democrat Garland Pierce has represented the 48th district since 2005.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 49
Incumbent Democrat Cynthia Ball has represented the 49th district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 50
Incumbent Democrat Graig Meyer has represented the 50th district since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 51
Incumbent Republican John Sauls has represented the 51st district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 52
Incumbent Republican Jamie Boles has represented the 52nd district since 2009.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 53
Incumbent Republican David Lewis has represented the 53rd district since 2003.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 54
Incumbent Democrat Robert Reives II has represented the 54th district since 2014.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 55
Incumbent Republican Mark Brody has represented the 55th district since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 56
Incumbent Democrat Verla Insko has represented the 56th district since 1997.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 57
The new 57th district is an open seat in Guilford County which is expected to favor Democrats. Ashton Clemmons won the open seat.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 58
Incumbent Democrat Amos Quick has represented the 58th district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 59
Incumbent Republican Jon Hardister has represented the 59th district since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 60
Incumbent Democrat Cecil Brockman has represented the 60th district since 2015.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 61
The new 61st district overlaps with much of the former 57th district. Incumbent Democrat Pricey Harrison, who has represented the 57th district since 2005, successfully sought re-election here.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 62
The new 62nd district includes the homes of Incumbent Republicans John Blust, who has represented the 62nd District since 2001, and John Faircloth, who has represented the 61st district since 2011. Blust retired while Faircloth successfully sought re-election here.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 63
Incumbent Republican Stephen Ross has represented the 63rd District since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 64
Incumbent Republican Dennis Riddell has represented the 64th District since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 65
Incumbent Republican Bert Jones has represented the 65th District since 2011. Jones didn't seek re-election. Republican Jerry Carter was elected to succeed him.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 66
Incumbent Democrat Ken Goodman has represented the 66th District since 2011.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 67
Incumbent Republican Justin Burr has represented the 67th District since 2009. Burr lost the Republican Primary to Wayne Sasser. Sasser won the general election.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 68
Incumbent Republican Craig Horn has represented the 68th District since 2011.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 69
Incumbent Republican Dean Arp has represented the 69th District since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 70
Incumbent Republican Pat Hurley has represented the 70th District since 2007.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 71
Incumbent Democrat Evelyn Terry has represented the 71st District since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 72
Incumbent Democrat Derwin Montgomery has represented the 72nd District since 2018.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 73
Incumbent Republican Lee Zachary has represented the 73rd District since 2015.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 74
Incumbent Republican Debra Conrad has represented the 74th District since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 75
Incumbent Republican Donny Lambeth has represented the 75th District since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 76
The new 76th district includes the homes of Incumbent Republicans Carl Ford, who has represented the 76th District since 2013, and Harry Warren who has represented the 77th district since 2011. Ford successfully sought election to NC Senate District 33 while Warren successfully sought re-election here.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 77
The new 77th district overlaps with much of the former 79th district. Incumbent Republican Julia Craven Howard, who has represented the 79th district and its predecessors since 1989, successfully sought re-election here.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 78
Incumbent Republican Allen McNeill has represented the 78th District since 2012.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 79
Following 2018 Redistricting, a new 79th district was created. The new district contains Beaufort and Craven counties and is expected to favor Republicans. Keith Kidwell won the open seat.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 80
Incumbent Republican Sam Watford, who has represented the 80th District since 2015, ran for the NC Senate. He was succeeded by Republican Steve Jarvis


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 81
Incumbent Republican Larry Potts has represented the 81st District since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 82
The new 82nd district overlaps with much of the former 83rd district. Incumbent Republican Linda Johnson, who has represented the 83rd district and its predecessors since 2001, was re-elected here.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 83
The new 83rd district overlaps with much of the former 82nd district. Incumbent Republican Larry Pittman, who has represented the 82nd district since 2011, was re-elected here.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 84
Incumbent Republican Rena Turner has represented the 84th District since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 85
Incumbent Republican Josh Dobson has represented the 85th District since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 86
Incumbent Republican Hugh Blackwell has represented the 86th District since 2009.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 87
Incumbent Republican Destin Hall has represented the 87th District since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 88
Incumbent Democrat Mary Belk has represented the 88th District since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 89
Incumbent Republican Mitchell Setzer has represented the 89th District and its predecessors since 1999.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 90
Incumbent Republican Sarah Stevens  has represented the 90th District since 2009.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 91
Incumbent Republican Kyle Hall has represented the 91st District since 2015.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 92
Incumbent Democrat Chaz Beasley has represented the 92nd District since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 93
Incumbent Republican Jonathan Jordan has represented the 93rd District since 2011. Jordan was defeated for re-election by Democrat Carl Ray Russell.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 94
Incumbent Republican Jeffrey Elmore has represented the 94th District since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 95
Incumbent Republican John Fraley has represented the 95th District since 2015.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 96
Incumbent Republican Jay Adams has represented the 96th District since 2015.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 97
Incumbent Republican Jason Saine has represented the 97th District since 2011.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 98
Incumbent Republican John Bradford has represented the 98th District since 2015. Bradford was defeated for re-election by Democrat Christy Clark


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 99
Incumbent Democrat Rodney Moore has represented the 99th District since 2011. Moore lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Nasif Majeed. Majeed won the general election.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 100
Incumbent Democrat John Autry has represented the 100th District since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 101
Incumbent Democrat Beverly Earle has represented the 101st District and its predecessors since 1995. Earl didn't seek re-election. Democrat Carolyn Logan won the open seat.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 102
Incumbent Democrat Becky Carney has represented the 102nd District since 2003.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 103
Incumbent Republican Bill Brawley has represented the 103rd District since 2011. Brawley lost re-election to Democrat Rachel Hunt.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 104
Incumbent Republican Andy Dulin has represented the 104th District since 2017. Dulin lost re-election to Democrat Brandon Lofton.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 105
Incumbent Republican Scott Stone has represented the 105th District since 2016. Stone lost re-election by Democrat Wesley Harris.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 106
Incumbent Democrat Carla Cunningham has represented the 106th District since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 107
Incumbent Democrat Kelly Alexander has represented the 107th District since 2009.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 108
Incumbent Republican John Torbett has represented the 108th District since 2011.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 109
Incumbent Republican Dana Bumgardner has represented the 109th District since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 110
Incumbent Republican Kelly Hastings has represented the 110th District since 2011.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 111
Incumbent Republican Speaker of the House Tim Moore has represented the 111th District since 2003.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 112
Incumbent Republican David Rogers has represented the 112th District since 2016.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 113
Incumbent Republican Cody Henson has represented the 113th District since 2017.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 114
Incumbent Democrat Susan Fisher has represented the 114th District since 2004.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 115
Incumbent Democrat John Ager has represented the 115th District since 2015.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 116
Incumbent Democrat Brian Turner has represented the 116th District since 2015.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 117
Incumbent Republican Chuck McGrady has represented the 117th District since 2011.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 118
Incumbent Republican Michele Presnell has represented the 118th District since 2013.


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 119
Incumbent Republican Mike Clampitt has represented the 119th District since 2017. In a rematch of the 2016 election, Clampitt was defeated by Democrat Joe Sam Queen


2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, District 120
Incumbent Republican Kevin Corbin has represented the 120th District since 2017.


2018 North Carolina Senate election
The 2018 North Carolina Senate elections elected 50 members to serve in the North Carolina Senate for a two-year term starting in January 2019. The Democratic Party gained 6 seats in this election, ending the Republican supermajority that they had held since 2011 in the State Senate.


2018 North Carolina Senate election
52.98% of registered voters cast ballots in this election, marking the highest turnout for a midterm election in North Carolina since 1990.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 1
Incumbent Republican Bill Cook has represented the 1st district since 2013. Cook didn't seek re-election. Representative Bob Steinburg won the open seat.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 2
Incumbent Republican Norman W. Sanderson has represented the 2nd district since 2013.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 3
Incumbent Democrat Erica D. Smith has represented the 3rd district since 2015.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 4
Incumbent Democrat Milton F. (Toby) Fitch, Jr. has represented the 4th district since 2018. Fitch won his first full term.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 5
Incumbent Democrat Donald G. Davis has represented the 5th district since 2013 and previously from 2009 to 2011.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 6
Incumbent Republican Majority Leader Harry Brown has represented the 6th district since 2004. District 6 had the lowest number of votes cast in any district election in 2018.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 7
Incumbent Republican Louis Pate has represented the 7th district and its predecessors since 2011.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 8
Incumbent Republican Bill Rabon has represented the 8th district since 2011.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 9
Incumbent Republican Michael Lee has represented the 9th district since 2014. Lee was defeated for re-election by Democrat Harper Peterson.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 10
Incumbent Republican Brent Jackson has represented the 10th district since 2011.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 11
Incumbent Republican Rick Horner has represented the 11th district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 12
Incumbent Republican Ronald J. Rabin has represented the 12th district since 2013. Rabin didn't seek re-election. Republican Jim Burgin won the open seat.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 13
Incumbent Republican Danny Earl Britt, Jr. has represented the 13th district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 14
Incumbent Democrat Dan Blue has represented the 14th district since 2009.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 15
Following redistricting, the old 16th district became the new 15th district. Incumbent Democrat Jay Chaudhuri who has represented the 16th district since 2016, successfully sought re-election here. Brian Lewis won the highest percentage vote of any Libertarian State Senate candidate in 2018 with 3.61%.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 16
Following redistricting, the new 16th district is an open seat which is expected to favor Democrats. Brian Irving won the highest number of votes of any Libertarian State Senate candidate in 2018 with 3,382 votes.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 17
Incumbent Republican Tamara Barringer has represented the 17th district since 2013. Following redistricting, this seat was made more competitive. Barringer lost re-election to Democrat Sam Searcy.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 18
Following redistricting, Incumbent Republicans Chad Barefoot and John Alexander had their homes both drawn into the new 18th district. The new 18th district, unlike the former 15th and 18th districts, is a competitive district which isn't safe for either party. Chad Barefoot retired, while John Alexander narrowly won re-election. The election in district 18 had the highest number of votes cast of any district election in the 2018 elections.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 19
Incumbent Republican Wesley Meredith has represented the 19th district since 2011. Meredith lost re-election to Democrat Kirk deViere.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 20
Incumbent Democrat Floyd McKissick Jr. has represented the 20th district since 2007.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 21
Incumbent Democrat Ben Clark has represented the 21st district since 2013.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 22
Incumbent Democrat Mike Woodard has represented the 22nd district since 2013.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 23
Incumbent Democrat Valerie Foushee has represented the 23rd district since 2013.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 24
Incumbent Republican Rick Gunn has represented the 24th district since 2011.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 25
Incumbent Republican Tom McInnis has represented the 25th district since 2015.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 26
Following redistricting, the old 29th district became the new 26th district. Incumbent Republican Jerry Tillman, who has represented the 29th district since 2003, successfully sought re-election here.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 27
Incumbent Republican Trudy Wade has represented the 27th district since 2013. Wade lost re-election to Democrat Michael Garrett.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 28
Incumbent Democrat Gladys Robinson has represented the 28th district since 2011. This district had the largest margin of any district election in 2018.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 29
Following redistricting, the new 29th district overlaps with much of the former 33rd district. Incumbent Republican Cathy Dunn, who has represented the 33rd district since 2017, didn't seek re-election. Eddie Gallimore defeated representative Sam Watford to win the Republican nomination and easily won the general election.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 30
Following redistricting, most of the old 26th district became the new 30th district. Incumbent Republican President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, who has represented the 26th district and its predecessors since 2001, successfully sought re-election here.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 31
Incumbent Republicans Joyce Krawiec, who has represented the 31st district since 2014, and Dan Barrett, who has represented the 34th district since his appointment in August 2017, sought re-election here. Krawiec narrowly defeated Barrett in the Republican primary and then she easily won the general election.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 32
Incumbent Democrat Paul Lowe, Jr. has represented the 32nd district since 2015.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 33
After redistricting, the old 33rd district became the new 29th district, and a new 33rd district was created. The new district includes Rowan County and Stanly County. State representative Carl Ford was the Republican nominee.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 34
Incumbent Republican Dan Barrett has represented the 34th district since his appointment in August 2017. Barrett chose to seek re-election in the 31st district after his home in Davie County was drawn into that district. The new 34th district includes Iredell & Yadkin counties and is expected to favor Republicans. Republican Vickie Sawyer was elected to a full term here, though after already winning the GOP primary for this seat, she had been appointed to serve the balance of David Curtis's term in the 44th district.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 35
Incumbent Republican Tommy Tucker has represented the 35th district since 2011. Tucker didn't seek re-election.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 36
Incumbent Republican Paul Newton has represented the 36th district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 37
Incumbent Democrat Jeff Jackson has represented the 37th district since 2014.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 38
Incumbent Democrat Joel D. M. Ford has represented the 38th district since 2013. Ford lost the Democratic primary to Mujtaba A. Mohammed, who easily won the general election.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 39
Incumbent Republican Dan Bishop has represented the 39th district since 2017.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 40
Incumbent Democrat Joyce Waddell has represented the 40th district since 2015.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 41
Incumbent Republican Jeff Tarte has represented the 41st district since 2013. Tarte lost re-election to Democrat Natasha Marcus.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 42
Incumbent Republican Andy Wells has represented the 42nd district since 2015.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 43
Incumbent Republican Kathy Harrington has represented the 43rd district since 2011.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 44
Incumbent Republican David L. Curtis has represented the 44th district since 2013. Curtis lost re-nomination to fellow Republican Ted Alexander. Curtis resigned before the end of his term and Vickie Sawyer was appointed to replace him. Alexander easily won the open seat here, while Sawyer was simultaneously elected to the newly created 34th district which contained her home.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 45
Following redistricting, incumbent Republicans Deanna Ballard and Shirley B. Randleman had both of their homes drawn into the 45th district. The district was more Ballard's district than Randleman's, and Ballard defeated Randleman in the Republican primary. Ballard easily won the general election.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 46
Incumbent Republican Warren Daniel has represented the 46th district and its predecessors since 2011.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 47
Incumbent Republican Ralph Hise has represented the 47th district since 2011.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 48
Incumbent Republican Chuck Edwards has represented the 48th district since 2016.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 49
Incumbent Democrat Terry Van Duyn has represented the 49th district since 2014.


2018 North Carolina Senate election, Results, District 50
Incumbent Republican Jim Davis has represented the 50th district since 2011.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team
The 2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team are representing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. Head Coach Mike Fox is in his 20th year coaching the Tar Heels. They play their home games at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team
The Tar Heels won the ACC Coastal Division, and matched Clemson for the best record in the conference. They reached the 2018 College World Series, their eleventh time advancing to Omaha and first since 2013.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team, Schedule
Rankings are from the Collegiate Baseball poll for that week. Numbers in parentheses indicate tournament seeds.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team, Ranking movements
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 2018 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tar Heels were led by seventh-year head coach Larry Fedora and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They finished the season 2–9 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place last out of seven teams in the Coastal Division.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
On November 25, one day after the conclusion of the season, Fedora was fired. He finished at North Carolina with a seven year record of 45–43. On November 27, the school rehired Mack Brown, who had previously helmed the program from 1988 to 1997, as head coach.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, Previous season
The Tar Heels finished the 2017 season 3–9 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place last in the Coastal Division.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, Preseason, ACC media poll
The ACC media poll was released on July 24, 2018.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, Schedule
The Tar Heels' schedule was released on January 17, 2018.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team
The 2018 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 72nd season of the university fielding a program.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team
The 2018 season saw North Carolina win the inaugural U.S. Soccer Spring Men's College Program.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team
Fetzer Field was undergoing construction during the 2018 soccer season so the Tar Heels split their home matches between three stadiums:WakeMed Soccer Park, Bryan Park, and Koskinen Stadium.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team, Background
The 2017 North Carolina men's soccer team finished the season with a 17–4–1 overall record and a 6–1–1 ACC record. The Tar Heels were seeded second–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Tar Heels were upset in the Quarterfinals by the seventh seed Notre Dame. The Tar Heels earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the third-overall seed in the tournament, the Tar Heels defeated, UNC Wilmington, SMU, and Fordham before losing to Indiana in the College Cup.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team, Background
At the end of the season, one Tar Heels men's soccer player was selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Alan Winn.


2018 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 North Carolina elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of North Carolina on November 6, 2018.


2018 North Carolina judicial election
One justice of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and three judges of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 6, 2018, concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years. These elections were partisan for the first time since the elections of 2002. A law passed by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2017 cancelled primary elections for judicial elections in 2018 only, meaning that an unlimited number of candidates from any party could run in the general election.


2018 North Carolina judicial election
Democrats won all four races in November 2018, representing an increase of one Democrat on the Supreme Court and an increase of two Democrats on the Court of Appeals (with one Democrat elected to the seat he already held by appointment).


2018 North Carolina judicial election, Supreme Court Seat 1 (Jackson seat)
The seat held by Justice Barbara Jackson was on the 2018 ballot.


2018 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals Seat 1 (Arrowood seat)
The seat held by Judge John S. Arrowood was on the 2018 ballot. Arrowood was appointed to the seat in 2017 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Douglas McCullough.


2018 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals Seat 2 (Calabria seat)
The seat held by Judge Ann Marie Calabria, a Republican, was on the 2018 ballot. Calabria did not run for reelection.


2018 North Carolina judicial election, Court of Appeals Seat Seat 3 (Elmore seat)
The seat held by Judge Rick Elmore, a Republican, was on the 2018 ballot. Elmore announced in 2017 that he would not seek a third term.


2018 North Carolina teachers' walkout
The 2018 North Carolina teachers' rally was a rally and protest on May 16, 2018, with teachers in North Carolina walking out in protest of deflating wages and decreased employee benefits.


2018 North Carolina teachers' walkout
The rally is part of the larger wave of teachers' strikes in the United States where protests occurred in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Arizona.


2018 North Carolina teachers' walkout, Background, State of education in North Carolina
Ahead of the protests the average salary for a teacher in North Carolina was $49,970, which ranked 44th in the nation according to a report by the National Education Association. Public school revenue per student in North Carolina ranked 43rd in the nation at $9,675.


2018 North Carolina teachers' walkout, Background, Demands
The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) demanded that the Government of North Carolina enacted legislation that increase per pupil spending, a multi-year pay plan for teachers, support staff, administrators, and all school personnel, which includes the restoration of compensation for longevity and advanced degrees. Additionally, the NCAE demanded that public schools in North Carolina increase the number of school nurses, counselors, social workers and other support personnel and expand Medicaid to improve community health. NCAE also demanded that the state legislature set up a statewide school construction board to fix older schools and reduce large class sizes.


2018 North Carolina teachers' walkout, Response, Government of North Carolina
Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and the Governor of North Carolina, urged local and state officials to stop attacking teachers and unite together to support teachers and schools in the state. Cooper tweeted an editorial of The Charlotte Observer.


2018 North Carolina teachers' walkout, Response, Government of North Carolina
Members from the North Carolina Republican Party sent out mass emails to constituents across the state explaining their support for public education and teachers. Joseph Kyzer, a spokesperson for House speaker Tom Moore stated that Republican leadership has continuously raised teachers salaries and that it was Democratic leadership in the state that stalled out spending. Teachers pointed out although salaries have increased, the increases have been modest and lagged far behind the national average, and that despite this, general education funding on supplies and per pupil spending have been continuously cut.


2018 North Carolina teachers' walkout, Response, Government of North Carolina
A fellow Republican member, Mark Brody, who serves on the board of Union Day School in Waxhaw, N.C., called teachers protesting and the backers of the protest 'Union Thugs', that want to control the education process. Brody said he was speaking up because he did not want his local Union County schools or North Carolina schools in general to turn into Chicago. "Let the Union thugs get their way now and we are half way there," he said. Brody would defend his statement, but emphasize that the "thug" remark was about trade unions, and not the teachers themselves.


2018 North Carolina teachers' walkout, Response, Labor unions
The Raleigh-Durham chapter of the Industrial Workers of the World helped coordinate transportation for protestors who wished to rally with the teachers in Raleigh.


2018 North Carolina teachers' walkout, Response, Political organizations
Several North Carolina chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America stood in solidarity with the NCAE, and offered coordination for individuals wishing to join the protest.


2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election
The 2018 election in North Carolina's 9th congressional district was held on November 6, 2018, to elect a member for North Carolina's 9th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives.


2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election
Republican Mark Harris, an evangelical minister, defeated incumbent Republican Congressman Robert Pittenger in the primary and then faced Democrat Dan McCready, a veteran and businessman, in the general election. Initial tallies put Harris 905 votes ahead, but the state election board refused to certify the results, pending a criminal investigation into allegations of fraud in handling of absentee ballots. The seat was unrepresented at the start of the 116th Congress.


2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election
The North Carolina State Board of Elections held an evidentiary hearing in February 2019. On February 21, the board unanimously voted to call a new election because of fraud by Republican operatives. Several Republican campaign operatives have been indicted for their role in an illegal ballot harvesting and ballot tampering operation. In addition to illegal collection and handling of ballots, ballot tampering was admitted in witness testimony, including filling in blank votes to favor Republican candidates. Harris declined to run again. The state legislature passed a law requiring new party primaries.


2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election
Dan McCready was nominated again by the Democratic Party for the special election for this seat, scheduled for September 2019. Dan Bishop, a state senator, won the Republican primary and defeated him in the election.


2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election, Background
The ninth district is in south-central North Carolina. It comprises Union, Anson, Richmond, Scotland, and Robeson counties; the southeast portion of Mecklenburg County; and parts of Cumberland and Bladen counties. The district has been held by the Republican Party since 1963. Much of the district's share of Mecklenburg County had been represented by Republicans without interruption since 1953.


2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election, Background
Robert Pittenger, a Republican, was elected to represent the district in 2012. In the 2016 election, Pittenger was challenged for the Republican nomination by Mark Harris and Todd Johnson. Pittenger won the nomination, defeating Harris by 134 votes. Questions were raised about the role of convicted perjurer and campaign operative McCrae Dowless, when Johnson won 221 of the 226 Bladen County absentee votes cast in the race. Pittenger was re-elected in 2016 over Democratic Party nominee Christian Cano by over 54,000 votes.