2018 New York gubernatorial election, Background
New York gubernatorial elections operate on a split primary system: governor and lieutenant governor candidates in each party run in separate primary elections. In the general election, candidates are chosen as unified governor/lieutenant governor tickets. New York allows electoral fusion, in which candidates may appear on multiple ballot lines in the same election.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Background
The results of the gubernatorial election also determine ballot access and ballot order. A party's gubernatorial candidate must receive 50,000 votes or more for that party to obtain automatic ballot status in New York for the following four years.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Background
The last Republican to win a gubernatorial election in New York was George Pataki in 2002.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
On November 15, 2016, incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his intention to seek a third term in office. On May 23, 2018, incumbent governor Andrew Cuomo secured the nomination of the Democratic Party at the state convention after winning support from more than 95% of the state delegates. No other candidates qualified for the primary ballot at the convention, as they all failed to meet the required 25% delegate threshold. Actress and activist Cynthia Nixon sought to petition her way onto the Democratic primary ballot. By July 12, Nixon had obtained 65,000 petition signatures, which is more than four times the 15,000 required to force a primary election.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Debates and forums, Results
On September 13, 2018, Cuomo defeated Nixon in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Debates and forums, Nominee
Kathy Hochul defeated New York City Councillor Jumaane Williams in the Democratic primary.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Republican primary
On May 23, 2018, the party unanimously nominated Marc Molinaro as its candidate for Governor of New York at its state convention. No challengers attempted to petition onto the primary ballot, so no Republican primary took place. Deputy Senate Majority Leader John A. DeFrancisco ran for the Republican nomination, but withdrew his candidacy on April 25, 2018, after party leaders—who had initially given him their support—threw their support to Molinaro instead.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Third-party candidates and independent candidates, Third parties with automatic ballot access
In addition to the Democratic and Republican Parties, six other political parties will have automatic ballot access; all six have chosen to exercise it. In order of ballot appearance, those parties are:


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Third-party candidates and independent candidates, Independent candidates and third parties without automatic ballot access
Any candidate not among the eight qualified New York political parties (Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Green, Working Families, Independence, Women's Equality and Reform, respectively) was required to submit petitions to gain ballot access. Such candidates did not face primary elections. Third parties whose respective gubernatorial candidates received at least 50,000 votes in the general election secured automatic ballot access in all state and federal elections through the 2022 elections.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Third-party candidates and independent candidates, Independent candidates and third parties without automatic ballot access, Libertarian Party
On July 12, 2017, Larry Sharpe, business consultant and runner-up in the 2016 Libertarian Party vice presidential primary, officially announced that he would run for Governor of New York in 2018. Sharpe was the first person to announce his candidacy to run against incumbent governor Andrew Cuomo. On August 19, 2018, the Libertarian Party announced it had collected over 30,000 signatures to place its ticket onto the November ballot. Sharpe's petitions survived a petition challenge.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Third-party candidates and independent candidates, Independent candidates and third parties without automatic ballot access, Serve America Movement
On June 18, 2018, former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, after expressing informal interest in the Working Families and Reform nominations, entered the gubernatorial race as a third-party candidate. Miner "plans to run under the banner of an upstart new group, the Serve America Movement, which calls itself SAM, formed by people disaffected by the existing party structure after the 2016 elections. She will be the group's first candidate." Miner circulated designating petitions to create a SAM Party in New York, and on August 21, her campaign announced that it had submitted over 40,000 petition signatures. Miner's submitted petitions far exceeded the 15,000 required to qualify for the November ballot. Persons tied to the Cuomo campaign, after reviewing the petitions, failed to find enough specific objections to challenge their validity.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Third-party candidates and independent candidates, Independent candidates and third parties without automatic ballot access, Rent Is Too Damn High Party (disqualified)
Jimmy McMillan, the party's founder and figurehead indicated on the party website that he would make another attempt at the office. He submitted petitions on August 21, 2018, with himself as the gubernatorial nominee and Christialle Felix as his running mate. When the ballot order was released, McMillan and the Rent Is Too Damn High Party had been disqualified and removed from the ballot.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, General election, Results
On November 6, 2018, the Cuomo-Hochul ticket defeated the Molinaro-Killian ticket by a margin of 59.6%–36.2%. Cuomo received 3,635,430 votes,  making him the top vote earner in any New York gubernatorial election in history.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Aftermath
Cuomo was sworn in for a third term as governor on January 1, 2019.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Aftermath
Howie Hawkins retained ballot access for the Green Party for four more years (albeit falling to Line E while the Working Families line rose to Line D).


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Aftermath
Stephanie Miner narrowly surpassed the 50,000-vote threshold to allow the Serve America Movement ballot access, on Line H.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Aftermath
The Libertarian Party of New York achieved ballot access with Larry Sharpe's 95,033 votes, the first time in the over 40-year history of the party that it has achieved the feat despite several previous efforts; Sharpe performed most strongly in the rural counties upstate, finishing with nearly 10% of the vote in Schuyler County and at or near 5% in most others.


2018 New York gubernatorial election, Aftermath
The Women's Equality Party and Reform Party of New York both lost automatic ballot access by failing to receive 50,000 votes for the candidates on their lines, respectively Cuomo and Molinaro.


2018 New York state elections
The 2018 New York state elections took place on November 6, 2018. On that date, the State of New York held elections for the following offices: Governor and Lieutenant Governor (on one ticket), Attorney General, Comptroller, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, New York State Senate, New York State Assembly, and various others. Primary elections took place on September 13, 2018. As of May 2018, Democrats had won all 19 elections to statewide offices that have occurred in New York since 2002.


2018 New York state elections
On Election Day, the Democratic ticket of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul was re-elected, as were incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and incumbent Democratic Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. Democrat Letitia James was elected Attorney General. Democrats gained eight New York State Senate seats, decisively ousting the Republicans from control of that chamber. Democrats also gained three seats in New York's congressional delegation and maintained their State Assembly supermajority. As a result, the Democrats won complete control of New York state government for only the second time since World War II.


2018 New York state elections, Governor
Incumbent Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo was re-elected to a second term in 2014. Cuomo ran for a third term in 2018. Actress and activist Cynthia Nixon unsuccessfully challenged Cuomo in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul sought re-election to her current post. Hochul defeated Democratic New York City Councilmember Jumaane Williams in the Democratic primary.


2018 New York state elections, Governor
In the general election, the Cuomo/Hochul ticket (running on the Democratic, Working Families, Independence, and Women's Equality lines) defeated Marcus Molinaro and Julie Killian (Republican, Conservative and Reform Parties), Howie Hawkins and Jia Lee (Green Party), Larry Sharpe and Andrew Hollister (Libertarian Party candidate), and Stephanie Miner and Michael Volpe (running on the Serve America Movement line).


2018 New York state elections, New York State Attorney General
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has been in office since 2011, was re-elected in 2014 with 56% of the vote. On May 7, 2018, he resigned his position, the day that an article in The New Yorker reported detailed allegations of abusive behavior toward several women he had dated during his time in the office. A joint session of the New York State Legislature appointed Solicitor General Barbara Underwood to fulfill the remainder of the term; Underwood agreed not to pursue election to a full term.


2018 New York state elections, New York State Attorney General
New York City Public Advocate Letitia "Tish" James secured the state Democratic Party official endorsement in May 2018; Leecia Eve, Sean Patrick Maloney and Zephyr Teachout challenged her in the Democratic primary. The Republicans nominated Keith Wofford for the post. James prevailed in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2018 with 40.6% of the vote. James went on to easily win the general election, with nearly 60% of the vote versus Wofford's 34%. James is the first woman and the first African-American to be elected New York Attorney General.


2018 New York state elections, New York State Comptroller
Incumbent Democratic Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who had been in office since 2007, was re-elected in 2014 with 60% of the vote. Jonathan Trichter, a campaign operative and former public finance banker, received the Republican nomination despite his past Democratic Party enrollment. DiNapoli easily defeated Trichter.


2018 New York state elections, United States Senate
Incumbent Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand sought  re-election to a second full term. The Republican Party nominated private equity executive Chele Chiavacci Farley to challenge Gillibrand. Gillibrand defeated Farley by a wide margin.


2018 New York state elections, United States House of Representatives
All of New York's twenty-seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. Democrats defeated three Republican incumbents and won a total of 21 New York House seats, while Republicans won six. Nationally, the Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives on Election Day.


2018 New York state elections, New York State Senate
In April 2018, The Wall Street Journal called the New York State Senate the "last bastion of power" of the Republican Party in New York.


2018 New York state elections, New York State Senate
All 63 seats of the New York State Senate were up for election in 2018. Five Republican members of the State Senate—Sens. John Bonacic, Tom Croci, John A. DeFrancisco, Bill Larkin, and Kathy Marchione—had announced that they would not seek re-election in the fall.


2018 New York state elections, New York State Senate
In May 2018, City & State rated the following State Senate races as competitive:


2018 New York state elections, New York State Senate
On Election Day 2018, Democrats gained eight Senate seats, taking control of the chamber from the Republicans. The following day, The New York Times wrote that the Democrats had "decisively evict[ed] Republicans from running the State Senate, which they [had] controlled for all but three years since World War II."


2018 New York state elections, New York State Assembly
All 150 seats in the New York State Assembly were up for election in 2018. The Democrats retained their supermajority.


2018 New York state high school boys basketball championships
The 2018 Federation Tournament of Champions took place at the Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls on March 23, 24 and 25. Federation championships were awarded in the AA, A and B classifications. Archbishop Stepinac in White Plains won the Class AA championship. Alan Griffin of Archbishop Stepinac was named the Class AA tournament's most valuable player.


2018 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class AA
Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class AA were as follows:


2018 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class AA, Results
There was controversy in the Archbishop Stepinac-Long Island Lutheran semifinal game. With the score tied at 8.3 seconds remaining in the game, Long Island Lutheran called a timeout, but officials determined that the team had no timeouts remaining. Long Island Lutheran was assessed a technical foul. Archbishop Stepinac made two technical free throws to take the lead and was awarded possession of the ball. Archbishop Stepinac made two more free throws after play resumed, to win by four points. Long Island Lutheran claimed it did have one timeout remaining and protested the game, arguing that the final 8.3 seconds should be replayed. Officials acknowledged the next day that the official scorekeeper had made an error, but denied the protest.


2018 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class AA, Individual honors
The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament:


2018 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class A
Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class A were as follows:


2018 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class A, Results
The Park School of Buffalo finished the season with a 25-5 record.


2018 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class A, Individual honors
The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament:


2018 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class B
Participating teams, results and individual honors in Class B were as follows:


2018 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class B, Results
Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom finished the season with a 29-4 record.


2018 New York state high school boys basketball championships, Class B, Individual honors
The following players were awarded individual honors for their performances at the Federation Tournament:


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election
The 2018 New York's 14th congressional district election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. The primaries for New York's federal elections were held earlier in the year on June 26. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated incumbent congressman Joe Crowley in the primary and went on to defeat Republican opponent Anthony Pappas in the general election.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election
As a political newcomer, Ocasio-Cortez was not expected to defeat Crowley in the primary election. As the results were tabulated, the race drew national recognition when it became clear that Ocasio-Cortez would win over Crowley, the Democratic Caucus Chairman and a 10-term incumbent. Ocasio-Cortez began her campaign in April 2017 while waiting tables and tending bar at Flats Fix, a taqueria in New York City's Union Square. She was the first person since 2004 to challenge Crowley in a primary, and she undertook a grassroots campaign without donations from corporations or PACs.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election
Ocasio-Cortez went on to defeat Pappas in the district election. Taking office at age 29, Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman to serve in the United States Congress.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Background
The 14th district is located in New York City and includes the Eastern Bronx and part of North-Central Queens. The incumbent was Democrat Joe Crowley, a leader of the New Democrat Coalition. Crowley had represented the district since 2013, after representing the 7th district from 1999 to 2013. He was re-elected for a tenth term, with 83% of the votes, in 2016. Crowley, who had been named as a potential successor to Nancy Pelosi as House Leader or Speaker, sought re-election in 2018.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Background, Primary candidates, Joe Crowley
At the time of the election, Crowley was the incumbent U.S. Representative from New York's 14th congressional district. First elected to the seat in 1998, Crowley replaced Thomas J. Manton who, having already circulated petitions and filed for re-election, withdrew on the last day it was legally possible. Manton phoned Crowley to tell him his name would be on the general election ballot. During his tenure, Crowley served as Chair of the House Democratic Caucus from 2017 to 2019, as well as the local chairman of the Queens County Democratic Party from 2006 to 2019. He previously served in the New York State Assembly from 1987 to 1998.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Background, Primary candidates, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Before running for Congress, Ocasio-Cortez was an activist and worked as a waitress and bartender. She majored in international relations and economics at Boston University, graduating cum laude in 2011. She was an organizer in Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. Backed by the organization Brand New Congress, Ocasio-Cortez challenged Crowley in the June primary alleging that Crowley was not progressive enough for the district. Ocasio-Cortez began her campaign in April 2017 while waiting tables and tending bar at Flats Fix, a taqueria in New York City's Union Square. "For 80 percent of this campaign, I operated out of a paper grocery bag hidden behind that bar," she told Bon Appétit.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Background, Primary candidates, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Ocasio-Cortez was the first person since 2004 to challenge Crowley in a primary. She faced a financial disadvantage, saying: "You can't really beat big money with more money. You have to beat them with a totally different game." Ocasio-Cortez's campaign undertook grassroots mobilization and did not take donations from corporations. It was reported that the designs of the campaign posters were inspired by "revolutionary posters and visuals from the past." During the campaign, Ocasio-Cortez resided in Parkchester, Bronx, with web developer and boyfriend, Riley Roberts.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Primary election
Because residents of the 14th district are overwhelmingly Democratic, the primary election was more significant than the general election. Ocasio-Cortez's victory against Crowley was widely seen as the biggest upset of the 2018 midterm elections.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Primary election, Primary endorsements
Ocasio-Cortez was endorsed by progressive and civil rights organizations such as MoveOn, Black Lives Matter, and Democracy for America, and by actress and first-time candidate Cynthia Nixon. Nixon, like Ocasio-Cortez, also challenged a longtime incumbent: She ran against Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo in the 2018 New York gubernatorial election but lost by 66% to 34%.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Primary election, Primary endorsements
Governor Cuomo endorsed Crowley, as did both of New York's U.S. Senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, as well as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, 11 U.S. Representatives, 31 local elected officials, 31 trade unions, and groups such as the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, the Working Families Party, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and others. California representative Ro Khanna, a Justice Democrat like Ocasio-Cortez, initially endorsed Joe Crowley but later endorsed Ocasio-Cortez in an unusual dual endorsement.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Primary election, Primary election debate
On June 15, the candidates' only face-to-face encounter during the campaign occurred on a local political talk show, Inside City Hall. The format was a joint interview conducted by Errol Louis, which NY1 characterized as a debate. On June 18, a debate in the Bronx was scheduled, but Crowley did not participate. He sent former New York City Council member Annabel Palma in his place.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Primary election, Results
On June 26, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez received 57.13% of the vote (15,897) to Joe Crowley's 42.5% (11,761), defeating the 10-term incumbent by almost 15 percentage points. Her win, and Crowley's defeat, came as a shock to many political commentators and analysts and immediately garnered nationwide attention. Time called her victory "the biggest upset of the 2018 elections so far". CNN made a similar statement.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Primary election, Results
The New York Times described Crowley's loss as "a shocking primary defeat on Tuesday, the most significant loss for a Democratic incumbent in more than a decade, and one that will reverberate across the party and the country." The Guardian called it "one of the biggest upsets in recent American political history." She was outspent by a margin of 18 to 1 ($1.5 million to $83,000) but won the endorsement of some influential groups on the party's left. Merriam-Webster reported that searches for the word "socialism" spiked 1,500% after her victory. Crowley conceded defeat on election night, but did not telephone Ocasio-Cortez that night to congratulate her, fueling short-lived speculation that he intended to run against her in the general election.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Primary election, Results
Bernie Sanders and Noam Chomsky congratulated Ocasio-Cortez. Several commentators noted the similarities between Ocasio-Cortez's victory over Crowley and Dave Brat's Tea Party movement-supported 2014 victory over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Republican primary for Virginia's 7th congressional district. Like Crowley, Cantor was a high-ranking member in his party's caucus. After her primary win, Ocasio-Cortez endorsed several progressive primary challengers to Democratic incumbents nationwide, capitalizing on her fame and spending her political capital in a manner unusual even for unexpected primary winners.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Primary election, Results
Without campaigning for it, Ocasio-Cortez won the Reform Party primary as a write-in candidate in a neighbouring congressional district, New York's 15th, with a total vote count of nine, highest among all 22 write-in candidates. She declined the nomination.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, General election
Ocasio-Cortez faced Republican nominee Anthony Pappas in the November 6 general election. Pappas, who lives in Astoria, is an economics professor at St. John's University. According to the New York Post, Pappas did not actively campaign. The Post also wrote that "Pappas' bid was a long shot," since the 14th has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+29, making it the sixth most Democratic district in New York City. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by almost six to one. The district and its predecessors have been in Democratic hands for all but two years since 1923 and without interruption since 1949.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, General election
Ocasio-Cortez was endorsed by various politically progressive organizations and figures, including former President Barack Obama and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. She spoke at the Netroots Nation conference in August 2018 and was called "the undisputed star of the convention."


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, General election
Crowley also remained on the ballot as the nominee of the Working Families Party (WFP) and the Women's Equality Party (WEP). Neither Crowley nor the WFP party actively campaigned, with both having endorsed Ocasio-Cortez after her Democratic primary victory. Ocasio-Cortez described the WEP, which Governor Cuomo created ahead of the 2014 New York gubernatorial election, as a cynical, centrist group that endorsed male incumbents over female challengers like her and Nixon.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, General election
Former Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, who won reelection in 2006 on a third-party line after losing the Democratic Primary in 2006, penned a July 17 column in the Wall Street Journal expressing his hope that Crowley would actively campaign on the WFP ballot line. Dan Cantor, Executive Director of the WFP, wrote an endorsement of, and apology to, Ocasio-Cortez for the New York Daily News. He asked voters not to vote for Crowley if his name remained on the general election ballot.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, General election
Ocasio-Cortez won the election with 78% of the vote (110,318) to Pappas' 14% (17,762). Crowley, on the WFP and WEP lines, received 9,348 votes (6.6%). Saikat Chakrabarti, who had been her campaign co-chair, became chief of staff for her congressional office. As co-creator of two progressive political action committees, he has been called a significant political presence.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, General election, Media coverage
The first media network to give Ocasio-Cortez a platform and extensively cover her campaign and policies was The Young Turks (TYT), a left-wing online news program. After her primary win, she quickly garnered nationwide media attention, including numerous articles and TV talk-show appearances. She also drew a great deal of media attention when she and Sanders campaigned for James Thompson in Kansas in July 2018. A rally in Wichita had to be moved from a theater with a capacity of 1,500 when far more people said they would attend. The event drew 4,000 people, with some seated on the floor.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, General election, Media coverage
In The New Yorker, Benjamin Wallace-Wells wrote that while Sanders remained "the de-facto leader of an increasingly popular left, [he is unable to] do things that do not come naturally to him, like supply hope." Wallace-Wells suggested that Ocasio-Cortez had made Sanders's task easier, as he could point to her success to show that ideas "once considered to be radical are now part of the mainstream."


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, General election, Media coverage
Until she defeated incumbent Joe Crowley in the 2018 Democratic primary, Ocasio-Cortez received little coverage on most traditional news media outlets. Jimmy Dore interviewed her when she first announced her candidacy in June 2017. After her primary win, Brian Stelter wrote that progressive-media outlets, such as The Young Turks and The Intercept, "saw the Ocasio-Cortez upset coming" in advance. Margaret Sullivan wrote in The Washington Post that traditional metrics of measuring a campaign's viability, like total fundraising, were contributing to a "media failure."


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, General election, Media coverage
Ocasio-Cortez's campaign was featured on the cover of the June 2018 edition of The Indypendent, a free New York City-based monthly newspaper. In a tweet, she hailed the cover appearance on "NYC's classic monthly" as a significant breakthrough for her campaign. Otherwise, Ocasio-Cortez was barely mentioned in print until her primary win.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, General election, Media coverage
The Young Turks have continued to cover Ocasio-Cortez and defend her from political and media elites who see her as outside the political culture of DC, with occasional criticism on some of her policies.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Post election
In November 2018, on the first day of congressional orientation, Ocasio-Cortez participated in a climate change protest outside the office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Also, in that month, she backed Pelosi's bid to be Speaker of the House once the Democratic Party reclaimed the majority on the condition that Pelosi "remains the most progressive candidate for speaker."


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Post election
During the orientation for new members hosted by the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter in December 2018 about the influence of corporate interests by sponsors such as the American Enterprise Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies: "Lobbyists are here. Goldman Sachs is here. Where's labor? Activists? Frontline community leaders?"


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Post election
Taking office at age 29, Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman to serve in the United States Congress. She has been noted for her substantial social media presence relative to other Congress members.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Post election
Ocasio-Cortez is among the first female members of the Democratic Socialists of America elected to serve in Congress. She advocates a progressive platform that includes Medicare for All, a federal jobs guarantee, the Green New Deal, abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, free public college and trade school, and a 70% marginal tax rate on millionaire fortunes.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Post election
In January 2019, when Ocasio-Cortez made her first speech on the floor of Congress, C-SPAN tweeted the video. Within 12 hours, the video of her four-minute speech set the record as C-SPAN's most-watched Twitter video by a member of the House of Representatives.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Post election
In an attempt to embarrass Ocasio-Cortez just before she took office, Twitter user "AnonymousQ" shared a video dating to Ocasio-Cortez's college years: a Boston University student-produced dance video in which she briefly appeared. Many social media users came to her defense, inspiring memes and a Twitter account syncing the footage to songs like "Mambo No. 5" and "Gangnam Style." Ocasio-Cortez responded by posting a lighthearted video of herself dancing to Edwin Starr's "War" outside her congressional office.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Post election
In 2019, Elizabeth Warren wrote the entry on Ocasio-Cortez for that year's Time 100. In January 2019, the documentary Knock Down the House, which focuses on four female Democrats in the 2018 United States elections who were not career politicians, including Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Ocasio-Cortez was the only one of the women featured to win. Two years later, Swearengin won the Democratic primary for the 2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia, and Bush won the Democratic Primary for MO-01. Knock Down the House was released by Netflix on May 1, 2019.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Post election
When the 116th Congress convened on January 3, 2019, Ocasio-Cortez entered with no seniority but with a large social media presence. Axios has credited her with "as much social media clout as her fellow freshman Democrats combined." As of June 2020, she had 7.3 million Twitter followers, up from 1.4 million in November 2018 and surpassing Nancy Pelosi. By July 2019, that had risen to almost 4.8 million, or about seven times the population of her congressional district. She had 2.2 million Instagram followers as of January 2019 and 500,000 followers on Facebook as of February 2019.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Post election
Her colleagues appointed her to teach them social media lessons upon her arrival in Congress. In early July 2019, two lawsuits were filed against her for blocking Joseph Saladino and Dov Hikind on Twitter in light of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that it was a violation of the First Amendment for President Trump to block people on Twitter. On November 4, 2019, it was announced that they settled the lawsuit with Ocasio-Cortez issuing a statement apologizing for the Twitter block.


2018 New York's 14th congressional district election, Post election
In an interview with the Yahoo! News podcast Skullduggery, Ocasio-Cortez said she had stopped using her private Facebook account and was minimizing her usage of all social media accounts and platforms, calling them a "public health risk".


2018 New York's 25th congressional district special election
A special election for New York's 25th congressional district was held following the death of U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter. Democrat Joseph Morelle defeated Republican Jim Maxwell on November 6, 2018.


2018 New York's 25th congressional district special election, Background
Incumbent Representative Louise Slaughter died at the age of 88 on March 16, 2018, after suffering a concussion earlier in the month.


2018 New York's 25th congressional district special election, Background
Following precedent set in 2010, concurrent elections were held in November, one to fill the remainder of Slaughter's term, and the other to fill the seat for the next term. The district was left without Congressional representation until then.


2018 New York's 25th congressional district special election, Background
Nominees for special elections are selected by the parties in the counties that comprise the congressional district. There are no primaries. The filing deadline for party nominations was August 30, 2018, and for independent petitions was September 4, 2018.


2018 New York's 25th congressional district special election, Democratic primary
The following information pertains to the regular election for the 25th District for a full term to the 116th Congress.


2018 New York's 25th congressional district special election, General election, Results
As the winner of the special election, Morelle was sworn in on November 13 rather than waiting until the new Congressional term. He also won the regular election for a new two-year term beginning in January 2019.


2018 New Zealand Derby
The 2018 New Zealand Derby was a horse race which took place at Ellerslie Racecourse on Saturday 3 March 2018. It was the 143rd running of the New Zealand Derby, and it was won by Vin De Dance.


2018 New Zealand Derby
Vin De Dance was offered at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale as a two-year-old, but was passed in. A sale was later negotiated for $70,000, with breeder Luigi Muollo retaining a share alongside new owners OTI Racing and the Kilted Taniwha Syndicate.


2018 New Zealand Derby
The son of Roc de Cambes was sent to the Cambridge stable of Hall of Famer Murray Baker and his training partner Andrew Forsman. The team has won multiple New Zealand training premierships, and guided Mongolian Khan to victory in the 2015 New Zealand Derby.


2018 New Zealand Derby
Vin De Dance made a winning debut at Pukekohe in early September, then was placed in two subsequent appearances at Te Rapa. He was sent to Melbourne, where he finished third at Flemington and fifth in the Moonee Valley Vase.


2018 New Zealand Derby
Withdrawn from the Victoria Derby and given several months off to strengthen and develop, Vin De Dance returned with fourth and sixth placings over 1400 and 1600 metres in late January and early February. He moved into Derby contention with a fighting third in the Avondale Guineas.


2018 New Zealand Derby
The fifth favourite for the Derby at $9.90, Vin De Dance was handy throughout the 2400-metre race and loomed as a major threat around the home turn. He hit the lead inside the last 200 metres, but was joined by Mongolianconqueror in a desperate two-horse battle to the finish that Vin De Dance won by a nose.


2018 New Zealand Derby
OTI Racing's Terry Henderson described the New Zealand Derby win as the fulfilment of a long-held dream.


2018 New Zealand Derby
It was the first Derby win for jockey Jason Waddell.


2018 New Zealand Derby
Mongolianconqueror's trainers Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards came up a mere nose short of winning the Derby two years in a row, having won the 2017 running with Gingernuts.


2018 New Zealand Derby, Winner's details, The road to the Derby
Early-season appearances in 2017-18 prior to running in the Derby.


2018 New Zealand Derby, Winner's details, Subsequent Group 1 wins
Subsequent wins at Group 1 level by runners in the 2018 New Zealand Derby.


2018 New Zealand First Party deputy leadership election
An election for the parliamentary Deputy leadership of the New Zealand First Party took place in the NZ First Party parliamentary caucus on 27 February 2018. Incumbent deputy leader and sitting List MP, Ron Mark was challenged for the position by fellow list MP Fletcher Tabuteau. In the election Tabuteau won the required number of votes and replaced Mark as deputy leader of the party.


2018 New Zealand First Party deputy leadership election, Background
Rumors that incumbent deputy leader Ron Mark, who had successfully challenged deputy leader Tracey Martin in 2015 was set to be rolled by a member of the NZ First caucus were first published in a Stuff.co.nz article on February 22, with the only candidate being list MP Fletcher Tabuteau. Other possible candidates Tracey Martin and Shane Jones had both ruled themselves out, both citing their heavy ministerial workloads that had taken on after the formation of the Coalition government at the 2017 New Zealand general election.


2018 New Zealand First Party deputy leadership election, Background
Prior to the leadership election, a change of hands seemed all but guaranteed, with stuff citing that party leader Winston Peters, who was assumed to have voted for Mark's opponent Martin in the 2015 deputy leadership election, would probably be throwing his support behind Tabuteau, who was a close ally of his.


2018 New Zealand First Party deputy leadership election, Aftermath
The deputy leadership election was held by the NZ First caucus on 27 February 2018, with Tabuteau, as expected, gaining the needed 5 caucus votes to roll Mark as deputy leader.


2018 New Zealand First Party deputy leadership election, Aftermath
Following the election, Mark stated he was privileged to have held the role, and looked forward to being able to focus on his ministerial profiles of Veterans' Affairs and Minister of Defence, and that losing the deputy leadership freed him up to win the Wairarapa electorate come the 2020 New Zealand general election.


2018 New Zealand Grand Prix
The 2018 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Circuit Chris Amon near Feilding on 11 February 2018. It was the sixty-third New Zealand Grand Prix and fielded Toyota Racing Series cars. The event was also the third race of the fifth round of the 2018 Toyota Racing Series, the final race of the series.


2018 New Zealand Music Awards
The 2018 New Zealand Music Awards was the 53rd holding of the annual ceremony featuring awards for musical recording artists based in or originating from New Zealand. It took place on 15 November 2018 at Spark Arena in Auckland and was hosted by Kanoa Lloyd and Stan Walker. The awards show was broadcast live nationally on Three.


2018 New Zealand NBL season
The 2018 NBL season was the 37th season of the National Basketball League. In 2018, the league welcomed back the Manawatu Jets after a two-season hiatus.


2018 New Zealand NBL season
The regular season commenced on Thursday 26 April in Napier with the Hawke's Bay Hawks hosting the Southland Sharks at Pettigrew Green Arena. The season contained 14 weeks of regular season games followed by a Final Four weekend in August. The competition included a one-week international break, from 25 June to 1 July, and started later than normal due to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.


2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election
The 2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election was held on 27 February 2018 to determine the 12th Leader of the National Party. On 13 February 2018, Bill English announced his resignation as leader of the National Party, effective on 27 February 2018. He left Parliament on 13 March 2018. On 20 February, Deputy Leader Paula Bennett announced that a concurrent deputy leadership election would take place, in which she would stand.


2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election
After a secret caucus ballot Simon Bridges was declared the new leader of the National Party and Paula Bennett was re-elected as deputy.


2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election, Background
The Fifth National Government of New Zealand came to an end after the 2017 general election saw the National Party win 44% of the vote and Labour and New Zealand First form the minority Sixth Labour Government with confidence and supply from the Green Party. On 13 February 2018 Bill English, the leader of the National Party and Prime Minister from 2016 to 2017, announced his resignation as party leader effective on 27 February, and as a Member of Parliament effective on 13 March. Deputy leader Paula Bennett asked National senior whip Jami-Lee Ross for her role to also be put up for election, but she would run to keep the position. No other candidate declared an intention to run for the deputy leadership before 27 February.


2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election, Candidates, Declared candidates
At the time of the election, the following individuals were candidates:


2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election, Candidates, Declined
The following individuals were speculated as being possible leadership candidates, but ruled out a bid:


2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election, Result
The election was conducted as a secret ballot of the National Party parliamentary caucus. An exhaustive ballot method was used, so that the support of 29 of the 56 MPs were required to elect the leader. Bridges was elected party leader after two rounds of voting. Bennett and Collins ran for the deputy leadership, and Bennett was re-elected to the position.


2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election, Outcomes
On 6 March Joyce announced his retirement from politics following speculation he would lose the finance portfolio. Joyce wouldn't confirm or deny this but said Bridges offered him a "high-ranking" portfolio. On 11 March Bridges announced his shadow cabinet which saw Adams, Collins and Mitchell receive promotions; ranked 3rd, 4th and 7th respectively. Two weeks later, former leadership contender Jonathan Coleman resigned from Parliament; Adams announced her own upcoming retirement in early 2019.


2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election, Outcomes
Bridges held the leadership for two years, before being successfully challenged for the role by Todd Muller.


2018 New Zealand Open (badminton)
The 2018 New Zealand Open (officially known as the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Open 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at North Shore Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 1 to 6 May 2018 and had a total purse of $150,000.


2018 New Zealand Open (badminton), Tournament
The 2018 New Zealand Open was the eighth tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the New Zealand Open championships which had been held since 1990. This tournament was organized by Badminton New Zealand and sanctioned by the BWF.


2018 New Zealand Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at North Shore Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand.


2018 New Zealand Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.


2018 New Zealand Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$150,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2018 New Zealand Open (badminton), Men's singles, Wild card
Badminton New Zealand awarded a wild card entry to Abhinav Manota of New Zealand.


2018 New Zealand Open (badminton), Women's singles, Wild card
Badminton New Zealand awarded a wild card entry to Sally Fu of New Zealand.


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards
The 2018 New Zealand Radio Awards were the awards for excellence in the New Zealand radio industry during 2017. It was the 41st New Zealand Radio Awards, recognising staff, volunteers and contractors in both commercial and non-commercial broadcasting.


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees
This is a list of nominees, with winners in bold.


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Community Access Programmes
Heritage Matters - 105.4FM - Bill Southworth, Dougal Stevenson, Jane Edwards, Judy Southworth, Keith Scott, Anne Barrowclough, Richard Stedman


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Content
Voice of the Iceberg - RNZ National - Alison Ballance, Marc Chesterman


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Content
The 9th Floor - RNZ National - Tim Watkin, Guyon Espiner, Claire Eastham-Farrelly, Rebekah Parsons-King, Damian Golfinopoulos, Diego Opatowski, Jeremy Ansell, Rangi Powick, Blair Stagpoole, Jeremy Veal


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Content
The Mike Hosking Breakfast - Newstalk ZB Network - Emily Winstanley


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Content
Bhuja TV- Neil Finn - Hauraki Network - Matt Ward, Leigh Hart, Jason Hoyte, Brent Spilane


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best News & Sport
Port Hills Fire - Newshub/RadioLIVE Network - Newshub Auckland & Christchurch Teams


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best News & Sport
The Devlin Radio Show - Radio Sport Network - Martin Devlin


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best News & Sport
The America's Cup - Newstalk ZB/ Radio Sport Network - Peter Montgomery, Jason Winstanley, Gareth Lischner, Radio Sport Team, Newstalk ZB team


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
ZM's Fletch, Vaughn & Megan - ZM Network - Carl Fletcher, Vaughn Smith, Megan Papas, Caitlin Marett, James Johnston, Anna Henvest


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
More FM Breakfast with John, Flash & Toast - More FM Northland - John Markby, Angela 'Flash' Gordon, Tauha 'Toast' TeKani, Bryn Ingham


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
More FM Social Club with Toast - More FM Northland - Tauha ' Toast' TeKani


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
The Rock Drive with Thane and Dunc - The Rock Network - Thane Kirby, Duncan Heyde, Jeremy Pickford


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
Rock Workday Afternoons - The Rock Network - Jim Cawthorn


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
The Mike Hosking Breakfast - Newstalk ZB Network - Mike Hosking


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best On Air
Marcus Lush Nights - Newstalk ZB Network - Marcus Lush


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
The ACC Mammoth Summer of Cricket - NZME Network - Jeremy Wells, Matt Heath, Leigh Hart, Jason Hoyte, Mike Lane, Lee Baker, Paul Ford, Joseph Durie


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
Jono, Ben and Sharyn's Cool Town Bro with Hallenstein Brothers - The Edge Network - Finlay Robertson, Rob Dickey, Rebekah Dewhurst


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
Tourism & Events Queensland - More FM Canterbury - Michelle Jones, Chris Goodyear


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
- ZM Network - Ellie Harwood, Trinette Sands, Sarah Mount, Lucy Carthew


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Promotion
ZM's $50,000 Secret Sound - ZM Network - Justine Black, Fiona Kerr, Ashleigh Van Graan, Alistair Cockburn


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Radio Creative
NZTA - Dem Phones - More FM Northland - Alastair Barran, Chris Hurring


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Radio Creative
Moola - The Rock Network - Alistair Barran, Chris Hurring


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Spoken Programmes
Edge Heads - The Edge Southland - Mitchell Fulton, Steve Broad


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Spoken Programmes
Jim's All About The Nookie Campaign - The Rock Network - Jim Cawthorn, Stacey McLeod, Michael Baker


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Spoken Programmes
This Way Up - RNZ National - Simon Morton, Alison Ballance, Richard Scott


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Spoken Programmes
The 9th Floor - RNZ National - Tim Watkin, Guyon Espiner, Claire Eastham-Farrelly, Rebekah Parsons-King, Damian Golfinopoulos, Diego Opatowski, Jeremy Ansell, Rangi Powick, Blair Stagpoole, Jeremy Veal


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Best Technical Production
NZTA Dem Phones - More FM Northland - Chris Hurring, Alistair Barran


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Station of the Year
One Double X - One Double X Whakatane - Glenn Smith


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Station of the Year
More FM - More FM Canterbury - Jason Mac, Rob McDonald, Christian Boston


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Other
MediaWorks Trade Marketing Team - MediaWorks Radio - Jessica Knox, Cathy Fali, Alex Jolly, Isaiah Tour, Megan Leach, Emily Hargest


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Other
Jay-Jay, Dom & Randell's Tom Cruise Prank - The Edge Network - Jay-Jay Harvey, Dominic Harvey, Clinton Randell, Tom McKenzie


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Other
Te Kupenga o Taramainuku Commemorations - Tumeke FM - Jarrod Dodd, Tracey Patrick, Casino Stevens, Wiremu Huta-Martin, Anituatua Balck, Maraea Davies, Danae Lee


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Other
The Rock 1500 - The Rock Network - Brad King, Reagan White, Stacey Wouters, Michael Baker, Jacqueline Williams, Jim Cowan, Andre Upston, Dave Wernham


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Other
Pledge for Plunket - The Hits Network - Ben Humphrey, Jenny Mulligan, Todd Campbell, Laura Campbell, Celia Whitley


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Other
The Radio Bureau - The Radio Bureau National - Peter Richardson, Fraser McGergor, Jane Hitchfield, Jennifer Came, Karen McPherson, Missy Dare, Dusan Matic, Kenneth d'Souza, Michael Matthews, Tom Raybould, Ally Myers, Jimmy Hills, Hannah Bourke, Ellen-Marie Atkinson


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Other
The Crazy Kiwi Christmas Kids Show - Christian Broadcasting Assoc & NZME - Phil Guyan, Bjorn Brickell, Dayna Vawdrey, Levi Guyan, Daryl Habraken, Phil Yule, Chris Newbold, Erin Carpenter, Colin Cassidy, Steph Couch, Jacinda Ardern, Mike Hosking, Kerre McIvor


2018 New Zealand Radio Awards, Winners and nominees, Other
Kevin HercockBrendan TelferBarry PattersonJames DanielsLloyd ScottWarren MaleJohn BedfordBryan WaddlePeter EverettMark Perry


2018 New Zealand Sevens
The 2018 New Zealand Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the nineteenth edition of the New Zealand Sevens, and the first to be held in Hamilton. It was held over the weekend of 3–4 February 2017 at FMG Stadium Waikato.


2018 New Zealand Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/5th place brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge trophy/13th place brackets.


2018 New Zealand Sevens, Teams
Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship, Papua New Guinea:


2018 New Zealand Sevens, Players, Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:


2018 New Zealand Warriors season
The 2018 New Zealand Warriors season was the 24th season in the club's history. Coached by Stephen Kearney and captained by Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, the Warriors completed the National Rugby League's 2018 Telstra Premiership regular season in the number eight position, qualifying for the finals. They were defeated in the 1st Elimination Final by Penrith and did not progress further.


2018 New Zealand Warriors season, Jersey and sponsors
In 2018 the Warriors jerseys will again be made by Canterbury of New Zealand.


2018 New Zealand Warriors season, Fixtures, Pre-season training
Pre -season training began on 1 November, with the exception of 14 players involved in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.


2018 New Zealand Warriors season, Fixtures, Pre-season matches
The Warriors and Melbourne will headline a two-day festival in Rotorua that includes a regional nines tournament.


2018 New Zealand Warriors season, Fixtures, Regular season
Home matches were played at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, while one away game was also played in New Zealand, at AMI Stadium in Christchurch.


2018 New Zealand Warriors season, Fixtures, Regular season
The Warriors opened their season in Perth against the South Sydney Rabbitohs on 10 March as part of a double header at Perth Stadium. Mount Smart Stadium will hosted a double header on 7 April when the Warriors played the North Queensland Cowboys and the Wests Tigers played the Melbourne Storm.


2018 New Zealand budget
The New Zealand budget for fiscal year 2018/19 was presented to the New Zealand House of Representatives by Finance Minister Grant Robertson on 17 May 2018.


2018 New Zealand budget
This was the first budget by the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand, and the first presented by Grant Robertson as Minister of Finance.


2018 New Zealand budget, Background
In mid-May 2018, the Government allocated NZ$2.8 billion in operational funding and NZ$3.8 billion in capital funding to the 2018 New Zealand Budget. According to a New Zealand Herald report, 38% of the Budget's funding was generated from adopting a slower debt track than the previous National Government; 23% from extra revenue from economic growth; 6% from cutting previous programmes and greater tax collection compliance.


2018 New Zealand budget, Major announcements, Employment and immigration
Investing NZ$88 million into increasing the number of labour inspectors, funding compliance and border activities to combat migrant exploitation, and training programmes for unemployed youths.


2018 New Zealand budget, Reaction
As is tradition, the Leader of the Opposition, Simon Bridges, moved a motion of no confidence in reply to the Budget speech. Bridges claimed the Budget showed "a Government that is borrowing more, taxing more and spending more — but has no plans for how we as a country can earn more." In response, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern claimed the Opposition was "a lot of shouty shouty, and not a lot of planny planny."


2018 New Zealand census
The 2018 New Zealand census was the thirty-fourth national census in New Zealand, which took place on Tuesday 6 March 2018. The population of New Zealand was counted as 4,699,755 – an increase of 457,707 (10.79%) over the 2013 census.


2018 New Zealand census
Results from the 2018 census were released to the public on 23 September 2019, from the Statistics New Zealand website. The next New Zealand census is set to be held in March 2023.


2018 New Zealand census, History, Background
The Census Act 1877 required censuses to be held every fifth year and is well embedded in legislation and government systems. Since 1881, censuses have been held every five years, with the exceptions of those in 1931 and 1941 and the one in 2011 which was cancelled due to the February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, which displaced many Canterbury residents from their homes only a few weeks before census day. It was rescheduled for March 2013, so the 2013 census is the previous census completed before this one.


2018 New Zealand census, History, Issues and controversies
In July 2018, it was estimated that the 2018 census had a “full or partial” response for 90 percent of individuals, down from 94.5 percent in the 2013 census and the planned release date for census information was changed from October of the same year to March 2019. This drop, which already amounted to the lowest census response rate for fifty years, was blamed on a 'digital-first' policy for the census. An independent review was initiated by the Government Statistician in October 2019, and in November Statistics NZ announced that release of census data would be pushed back to at least April 2019 due to "the complex nature of the task".


2018 New Zealand census, History, Issues and controversies
In early April 2019, the Government Statistician, Liz MacPherson was facing possible charges of contempt of parliament. She had twice refused, on 13 February and in early April, to disclose the number of partially and fully completed responses. On 9 April, she reported that one in seven New Zealanders, 700,000 people, failed to complete the census.


2018 New Zealand census, History, Issues and controversies
In July 2019 the independent inquiry returned its findings to the Government Statistician, the Minister of Statistics and the State Services Commissioner, reporting that too little attention had been paid to the non-digital aspects of the census, but also blamed operational complexity and flaws in management. Due to a decision to conduct the census primarily online, the census attracted only an 83% response rate, even lower than the 90% earlier reported, and well short of the 94% census percent target and a nine percent drop from the previous 2013 New Zealand census.


2018 New Zealand census, History, Issues and controversies
On 13 August 2019 the report was released to the public and Liz MacPherson offered her resignation, taking ultimate responsibility for the results, stating “I'm sorry, the buck stops with me.” State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes agreed with her assessment, and asked MacPherson to remain in her role until Christmas of 2019, noting that “she is the best person to finish the remediation work.”


2018 New Zealand census, Projections
Statistics New Zealand annually conducts population projections for New Zealand as a whole, which are based on data from the previous census (in this case, the 2013 census) and calculated using a cohort-component method. Population projections also take into consideration births, deaths, and net migration.


2018 New Zealand census, Projections
In 2016, New Zealand's population at the time of the 2018 census was projected to be between 4,807,000 and 4,944,000.


2018 New Zealand census, Results
Data uses fixed random rounding to protect confidentiality; each data point is rounded either to the nearest multiple of 3 (2⁄3 chance) or the next-nearest multiple of 3 (1⁄3 chance).


2018 New Zealand census, Results
The census usually-resident population count of New Zealand is a count of all people who usually live in and were present in the country on census night (6 March 2018), and excludes overseas visitors and New Zealand residents who are temporarily overseas.


2018 New Zealand census, Results
Due to the high rate of non-response in the census, the published results combine answers from census forms with data from the 2013 Census and from government administrative data. Reports from an External Data Quality Review Panel include quality ratings for each variable, taking the added data into account


2018 New Zealand census, Results, Population and dwellings
Population counts for regions of New Zealand. All figures are for the census usually-resident population count.


2018 New Zealand census, Results, Birthplace
In 2018, 3,370,122 people (71.7%) were born in New Zealand, with 1,329,633 (28.3%) born overseas.


2018 New Zealand census, Results, Ethnicity
There was no change in the top five ethnicities between the 2013 and 2018 censuses, which are New Zealand European (64.1%), Māori (16.5%), Chinese (4.9%), Indian (4.7%), and Samoan (3.9%).


2018 New Zealand census, Results, Religion
Most New Zealanders, 48.5% of the population, identify as being irreligious. Data is for the census usually-resident population count.


2018 New Zealand census, Results, Language
The vast majority of New Zealanders, 95.4%, speak English; in second place is Māori, with 4.0% of the population being able to speak it. Data is for the census usually-resident population count.


2018 New Zealand census, Results, Māori descent
18.5% of New Zealanders have at least some Māori descent. Data is for the census usually-resident population count.


2018 New Zealand census, Results, Age
The largest age group is people aged 25 to 29, who comprise 7.3% of the population. Data is the census usually-resident population count.


2018 New Zealand census, Results, Income
Data is for the census usually-resident population count of people aged 15 years and over.


2018 New Zealand census, Results, Industry of employment
Data is for the census usually-resident population count of employed people aged 15 years and over.


2018 New Zealand census, Results, Home ownership
Data is for the census usually-resident population count of people aged 15 years and over.


2018 New Zealand census, Results, Marriage status
Data is for the census usually-resident population count of people aged 15 years and over.


2018 New Zealand rugby league season
The 2018 New Zealand rugby league season was the 111th season of rugby league played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the National Competition, run by the New Zealand Rugby League.


2018 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The New Zealand national rugby league team played an end of season test match against the Australian side, before they toured Great Britain and played a three match test series against the England team.


2018 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Rugby League Cup
Auckland were the holders of the Rugby League Cup but have not defended the trophy since 2012.


2018 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, National Competition
2017 will be the ninth year of the National Competition. The same four teams as 2017 will contest the National Championship, after Counties Manukau won the 2017 promotion/relegation game.


2018 New Zealand rugby league season, Australian competitions
The New Zealand Warriors will play in their 24th first grade season in the Australian competition.


2018 New Zealand rugby league season, Australian competitions
The Warriors will also fielded teams in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW and its associated under-20s competition.


2018 New Zealand rugby league season, Australian competitions
During the 2018 NRL season, Auckland's Mount Smart Stadium will host a double header on 7 April where the Warriors will play the North Queensland Cowboys and the Wests Tigers will play the Melbourne Storm. It will be the first NRL double-header to be staged outside Australia.


2018 Newark mayoral election
The 2018 election for Mayor of Newark took place in Newark, the most populous city in New Jersey, USA, on May 8, 2018. Elections for all seats on the nine member Municipal Council of Newark was held the same day. A runoff election, if necessary, would have taken place on June 5, 2018. Elections are non-partisan and candidates are not listed by political party. Incumbent Mayor Ras Baraka avoided a runoff after winning a second term with 77 percent of the votes.


2018 Newark mayoral election, Candidates
The deadline for candidates to file for election is March 5, 2018, at which time each potential candidate must submit a petition signed by at least 1413 voters. As of Monday January 8, 2018 six people had requested petitions necessary to mount a mayoral campaign:


2018 Newark mayoral election, Candidates
By election day, however, Newark councilwoman Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins, who had entered the race on January 9, 2018, was Mayor Baraka's only challenger.


2018 Newcastle 500
The 2018 Coates Hire Newcastle 500 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 23 to 25 November 2018. The event was held on the Newcastle Street Circuit in Newcastle East, New South Wales and consisted of two races, 250 kilometres in length. It was the sixteenth and final event in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 30 and 31 of the season.


2018 Newcastle City Council election
The 2018 Newcastle City Council elections took place on 3 May 2018, on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.


2018 Newcastle City Council election
For the first time since 2004, boundary changes occurred across Newcastle upon Tyne and the entire council was up for re-election. In June 2016, the Boundary Commission published draft proposals of potential new ward boundaries, with significant changes throughout the entirety of the city, though with some wards remaining the same.


2018 Newcastle City Council election
The Conservative Party candidate for the Manor Park ward, Florence Kirkby, is 96 years old and is believed to be one of the oldest people to stand in the United Kingdom in an election.


2018 Newcastle City Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2018 Newcastle Knights season
The 2018 Newcastle Knights season was the 31st in the club's history. Coached by Nathan Brown and co-captained by Jamie Buhrer and Mitchell Pearce, they competed in the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 11th place (out of 16).


2018 Newcastle Knights season, Jerseys and sponsors
In 2018, the Knights' jerseys were made by ISC and their major sponsor was nib Health Funds.


2018 Newcastle Knights season, Representative honours
The following players appeared in a representative match in 2018.


2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
The 2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council decided in November 2015 to move to whole council elections, starting from this election.


2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Women's Curling Championship, the women's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from January 2 to 7 at the Re/Max Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning Stacie Curtis rink represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Penticton, British Columbia.


2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
The 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Men's Curling Championship (also known as the Tankard), the men's provincial curling championship for Newfoundland and Labrador, was held from January 29 to February 4 at the St. John's Curling Club in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The winning Greg Smith team represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier at the Brandt Centre in Regina.


2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard
It was the first time since 2006 that the event was not won by Brad Gushue, as his team represented Team Canada at the 2018 Brier as defending champions.


2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Tankard, Playoffs
Due to finishing the round robin undefeated, Smith must be defeated twice.


2018 Newham London Borough Council election
The 2018 Newham London Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Newham London Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2018 Newham London Borough Council election
Elections were held for the Mayor of Newham and for all 60 seats on the council. The Labour Party candidate Rokhsana Fiaz won the mayoral election. Labour candidates won all 60 seats on the council, as they did in 2014 and 2010.


2018 Newham London Borough Council election, Summary results
The Labour Party won 67% of the vote and all 60 seats for the third election in a row.


2018 Newham London Borough Council election, Background
A total of 181 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour party (as had been the case at every election since the borough council had been formed in 1964), whilst the Conservative party also ran a full slate for the second election in a row, and the Liberal Democrats ran 14 candidates. Other candidates running were 25 Christian Peoples Alliance,  11 Greens, 4 TUSC, 2 UKIP, 2 Democrats and Veterans, 1 Communist League and 2 Independents.


2018 Newham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2022, Boleyn
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Veronica Oakeshott.


2018 Newham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2022, East Ham
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Julianne Marriott.


2018 Next Generation ATP Finals
Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Alex de Minaur in the final, 2–4, 4–1, 4–3(7–3), 4–3(7–3) to win the 2018 Next Generation ATP tennis finals. Chung Hyeon was the 2017 champion, but was ineligible to compete this year due to his age.


2018 Next Generation ATP Finals
The 2018 Next Generation ATP Finals was a men's exhibition tennis tournament played in Milan, Italy, from 6 to 10 November 2018. It was the season-ending event for the best singles players who were age 21 and under on the 2018 ATP World Tour.


2018 Next Generation ATP Finals, Qualification
The top seven players in the Emirates ATP Race to Milan qualified. The eighth spot went to Italian wild card Liam Caruana, who won a national qualifying tournament. Eligible players had to be 21 or under at the start of the year (born in 1997 or later for 2018 edition). 19-year-old Alex de Minaur was the youngest and only teenage player.


2018 Next Generation ATP Finals, Qualification
Due to participation in the ATP Finals the following week, Alexander Zverev again withdrew from the tournament because of an injury, as did Denis Shapovalov, citing exhaustion.


2018 Next Generation ATP Finals, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, then percentage of games won, then head-to-head records; 5) ATP rankings


2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250
The 2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250 was the first stock car race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, and the 19th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, February 16, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangle-shaped superspeedway racetrack. The race would take 100 laps to complete. In a wreck filled race, Johnny Sauter driving for GMS Racing would survive and hold off the field to win the race. To fill out the podium, Justin Haley of GMS Racing and Joe Nemechek, driving for his own team NEMCO Motorsports would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.


2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250, Background, Background
Daytona International Speedway is one of two superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other being Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.


2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250, Practice, 1st practice
The first practice was held on Thursday, February 15 at 1:00 PM EST. Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in practice with a 46.867 and an average speed of 192.033 miles per hour (309.047 km/h).


2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250, Practice, 2nd practice
The second practice was held on Thursday, February 15 at 3:32 PM EST. Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in practice with a 46.657 and an average speed of 192.897 miles per hour (310.438 km/h).


2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250, Practice, 3rd and final practice
The third and final practice was held on Thursday, February 15 at 5:28 PM EST. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in practice with a 49.397 and an average speed of 182.197 miles per hour (293.218 km/h).


2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250, Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, February 16 at 5:49 PM EST. Qualifying was held in two rounds, both consisting of two lap runs. The first round included every driver, and the second would take the 12 fastest qualifiers from the first round and make them run another two lap run; whoever was fastest won the pole. David Gilliland driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports would run the fastest time in both rounds and win the pole, with a time of 49.017 and an average speed of 183.610 miles per hour (295.492 km/h) in the second round.


2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250, Qualifying
Bobby Gerhart, Josh Reaume, Cody Ware, and B. J. McLeod would all fail to qualify.


2018 Niagara Region municipal elections
Elections were held in the Niagara Region of Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2018 Niagara Region municipal elections, Regional Chair
For the first time, the chair of regional council was to be directly elected. However, on the last day of candidate registration the Ontario Government announced they would be cancelling this council race.


2018 Niagara Region municipal elections, Regional Chair
At the time of this cancellation, five candidates were registered to run for he chair position. Incumbent chair Al Caslin and Pelham Mayor Dave Augstyn both decided to run for a regional council seat in their respective municipalities.


2018 Niagara Region municipal elections, Niagara Falls, Regional Council
Three to be elected. Regional councillors do not sit in city council.


2018 Niagara Region municipal elections, St. Catharines
The 2018 St. Catharines municipal election took place on Monday October 22, 2018 to determine a mayor, regional and city councillors and school trustees in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario. The election of a regional chair was also scheduled, but was cancelled by the provincial government led by Premier Doug Ford on Friday July 27, 2018, the registration deadline for candidates.


2018 Niagara Region municipal elections, St. Catharines, Regional Council
Six to be elected at-large. Regional councillors do not sit in city council.


2018 Niagara Region municipal elections, Welland, Welland City Council, Ward 3
A by-election was held on August 9, 2021 in Ward 3 to fill the vacancy of Lucas Spinosa who resigned.


2018 Nicholls Colonels football team
The 2018 Nicholls Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Colonels were led by fourth-year head coach Tim Rebowe and played their home games at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 7–2 in Southland play to win a share of the Southland Conference championship. They received the Southland's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated San Diego in the first round, before losing in the second round to Eastern Washington.


2018 Nicholls Colonels football team, Previous season
The Colonels finished the 2017 season with an overall record of 8–4 and a 7–2 record in Southland play to finish in a tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they were defeated by South Dakota in the first round.


2018 Nicholls Colonels football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Teams
On July 12, 2018, the Southland announced their Preseason All-Conference Teams, with the Colonels having a conference leading 14 players selected.


2018 Nicholls Colonels football team, Preseason, Preseason Poll
On July 19, 2018, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Colonels predicted to finish in second place.


2018 Nicholls Colonels football team, Game summaries, Sam Houston State
at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, LA


2018 Nicholls Colonels football team, Game summaries, Lamar
at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, LA


2018 Nicholls Colonels football team, Game summaries, Incarnate Word
at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, LA


2018 Nicholls Colonels football team, Game summaries, Stephen F. Austin
at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, LA


2018 Nicholls Colonels football team, Game summaries, Southeastern Louisiana
at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, LA


2018 Nicholls Colonels football team, FCS Playoffs, San Diego (First Round)
at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, LA


2018 Nicky Rackard Cup
The 2018 Nicky Rackard Cup was the 14th staging of the Nicky Rackard Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. It was the fourth tier of senior inter-county hurling as of 2018.


2018 Nicky Rackard Cup
The competition began on Saturday 12 May 2018 and ended on Saturday 23 June 2018.


2018 Nicky Rackard Cup
Derry were the 2017 champions, beating Armagh in the final. Both teams were promoted to the 2018 Christy Ring Cup as a result of the restructuring of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Following the withdrawal of the Fingal team from the competition in 2017, there was no relegation from the 2017 competition and Warwickshire were promoted from the 2017 Lory Meagher Cup.


2018 Nicky Rackard Cup, Format
Beginning in 2018, the Nicky Rackard Cup changed to an initial stage of two groups, which in 2018 consisted of one group of four teams and one group of three teams. Previously it was a double elimination tournament.


2018 Nicky Rackard Cup, Format
The top two teams from both groups advance to the knockout semi-finals. The winners of the 2018 Nicky Rackard Cup are promoted to the 2019 Christy Ring Cup. Two teams will be relegated from the 2018 Christy Ring Cup to the 2019 Nicky Rackard Cup to make the 2019 completion into two groups of four teams.


2018 Nicky Rackard Cup, Format
The bottom teams from each group playoff in a relegation match with the losers playing in the 2019 Lory Meagher Cup. They are replaced by the winners of the 2018 Lory Meagher Cup.


2018 Nicky Rackard Cup, Knockout Stage, Semi-finals
The Group 1 winners play the Group 2 runners-up and the Group 2 winners play the Group 1 runners-up.


2018 Nicky Rackard Cup, Knockout Stage, Cup Final
The semi-final winners met in the Nicky Rackard Cup final at Croke Park with the winners being promoted to the Christy Ring Cup for 2019.


2018 Nicky Rackard Cup, Relegation Playoff
The bottom teams in each group - the fourth placed team in group 1 and the third placed team in group 2 - meet in a relegation playoff. The winners remain in the Nicky Rackard Cup for 2019, while the losers are relegated to the 2019 Lory Meagher Cup.


2018 Nidahas Trophy
The 2018 Nidahas Trophy was a cricket tournament that was held in Sri Lanka in March 2018. It was a tri-nation series between Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Each team played each other twice, with two teams progressing to the final. The tournament was played to celebrate Sri Lanka's 70th year of independence; the title derives from the Sinhalese නිදහස් nidahas, meaning "freedom." Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the matches would be played as Twenty20 International fixtures. The fixtures and venue were announced in November 2017, with all the matches played at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. This was the first occasion that Discovery Networks Asia Pacific channel DSport acquired media rights to broadcast live cricket matches involving the Indian cricket team.


2018 Nidahas Trophy
The opening match of the tournament, between Sri Lanka and India, was held under tight security following the a state of emergency in Sri Lanka. It was imposed by Sri Lanka's government following the violence between Muslims and Sinhalese Buddhists in areas such as Ampara and Kandy.


2018 Nidahas Trophy
India progressed to the final after they beat Bangladesh by 17 runs in the fifth T20I match. Bangladesh joined India in the final, after they beat Sri Lanka by 2 wickets in the final group game. In the final, India beat Bangladesh by four wickets to win the tournament.


2018 Nidahas Trophy, Squads
Initially, Shakib Al Hasan was ruled out of Bangladesh's squad before the start of the tournament due to injury. He was replaced by Liton Das with Mahmudullah named as captain. However, Shakib rejoined the Bangladesh squad ahead of the sixth T20I match.


2018 Nidahas Trophy, Squads
Sri Lanka's captain Dinesh Chandimal was given a two-match ban for a slow over-rate following the match against Bangladesh on 10 March 2018. Thisara Perera was named as Sri Lanka's captain in Chandimal's absence.


2018 Nidahas Trophy, Controversy
During the sixth T20I match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Shakib Al Hasan accused the umpires for not signalling a no-ball delivery when Isuru Udana bowled two bouncer deliveries to Mustafizur Rahman in the last over of the match, when Bangladesh needed 12 runs off six balls to win. Mahmudullah, who was on the non-striker's end when Mustafizur Rahman was batting, demanded that a no-ball be signalled by the on-field umpires. Shakib later threatened to leave the field and recalled the batsmen from the field as a result of the umpiring errors.


2018 Nidahas Trophy, Controversy
Reserve Bangladeshi cricketer Nurul Hasan was also suspected to have breached the code of conduct for arguing with Sri Lankan captain Thisara Perera. It was also revealed that Shakib exchanged insults with Sri Lankan commentator Russell Arnold. The International Cricket Council (ICC) later imposed a 25 percent fine on match fees and issued a demerit point to both Shakib and Nurul Hasan for breaching the code of ethics. After the sixth T20I between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh concluded, the door to the Bangladeshi dressing room was shattered. It was later revealed that Shakib Al Hasan accidentally broke the glass door by pulling it backwards rather than pulling from the forward position.


2018 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships
The 2018 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Winnetka, United States between 9 and 14 July 2018.


2018 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:


2018 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles
Sanchai Ratiwatana and Christopher Rungkat were the defending champions but only Rungkat chose to defend his title, partnering Roberto Maytín. Rungkat lost in the final to Austin Krajicek and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan.


2018 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles
Krajicek and Nedunchezhiyan won the title after defeating Maytín and Rungkat 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–5] in the final.


2018 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships – Singles
Akira Santillan was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships – Singles
Evgeny Karlovskiy won the title after defeating Jason Jung 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2018 Niger Cup
The 2018 Coupe nationale du Niger is the 43rd edition of the Coupe nationale du Niger, the knockout football competition of Niger.


2018 Niger Cup, Round 1
AS Forces Armées Nigériennes (Niamey)	 lt  US Gendarmerie Nationale (Niamey)


2018 Niger Cup, Round 1
Urana FC d' Arlit (Agadez)   		 bt  Arewa FC de Doutchi (Dosso)


2018 Niger Cup, Round 2
Urana FC d' Arlit (Agadez)		 drw AS Université AM (Niamey)		[AS Université on pen]


2018 Niger Cup, Round 2
AS Garde Nationale (Niamey)		 2-1 Akokana FC d' Arlit (Agadez)


2018 Niger Cup, Semifinals
AS Garde Nationale (Niamey)		2-0 ASN NIGELEC (Niamey)		[3-0 agg]


2018 Niger Cup, Final
AS Garde Nationale (Niamey)		0-0 Racing FC (Niamey)			[5-4 pen]


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup
The 2018 Nigeria Federation Cup (known as the 2018 Aiteo Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 77th edition of the football tournament. This edition of the competition began on 9 September 2018 and ended on 24 October 2018.


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, First round
First round matches were played from 9 September to 11 September 2018.


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Second round
Second round matches were played from 16, 17 September and 19 September 2018.


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Group stage, Group A
Round 2 [Sep 26]Katsina United          0-1 Enyimba    J. Atete                1-3 Plateau United


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Group stage, Group A
Round 3 [Sep 27]J. Atete                2-4 Katsina UnitedPlateau United          1-1 Enyimba


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Group stage, Group A
Round 1 [Sep 28] (moved from Sep 24)Plateau United          0-1 Katsina UnitedJ. Atete                0-5 Enyimba


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Group stage, Group B
Round 1 [Sep 24]           Enugu Rangers           2-1 El-Kanemi WarriorsSunshine Stars          1-1 Supreme Court


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Group stage, Group B
Round 2 [Sep 26]Sunshine Stars          1-1 El-Kanemi Warriors Supreme Court           n/p Enugu Rangers


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Group stage, Group B
Round 3 [Sep 28]Enugu Rangers           0-0 Sunshine StarsEl-Kaneni Warriors      1-0 Supreme Court


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Group stage, Group C
Round 1 [Sep 24]Kwara United            5-1 Abia WarriorsKano Pillars            3-2 Rivers United


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Group stage, Group C
Round 2 [Sep 26]Kano Pillars            1-2 Abia WarriorsRivers United           0-1 Kwara United


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Group stage, Group C
Round 3 [Sep 28]Kano Pillars            2-1 Kwara UnitedRivers United           0-1 Abia Warriors


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Group stage, Group D
Round 1 [Sep 24]Akwa United             1-0 Wikki TouristsNasarawa United         0-0 Kogi United


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Group stage, Group D
Round 2 [Sep 26]Kogi United             0-1 Akwa UnitedNasarawa United         1-0 Wikki Tourists


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Group stage, Group D
Round 3 [Sep 28]Akwa United             0-2 Nasarawa UnitedWikki Tourists          1-0 Kogi United


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Quarter-finals
Enugu Rangers           1-1 Akwa United             [4-2 pen]  [Sani Abacha stadium, Kano]


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Semi-finals
[ Oct 10]Enugu Rangers           4-2 Nasarawa United                    [Sani Abacha stadium, Kano]


2018 Nigeria Federation Cup, Semi-finals
Katsina United          2-2 Kano Pillars            [1-4 pen]  [Agege stadium, Lagos]


2018 Nigeria Professional Football League
The 2018 Nigeria Professional Football League was the 47th season of the Nigeria Premier League, the top Nigerian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1972, and the 28th since the rebranding of the league as the "Professional League". Plateau United won the 2017 season, their first ever title, which came in their second season after being promoted to the top flight.


2018 Nigeria Professional Football League, Clubs
A total of 20 teams contested the league including 16 teams from the previous season and four teams promoted from the Nigeria National League.


2018 Nigeria Professional Football League, League table
The league was suspended after 24 rounds due to administrative problems. On 31 August 2018, the Nigeria Professional Football League announced the season was deemed concluded. No champions were awarded and the bottom four teams were not relegated. Lobi Stars, as leaders at the time of the suspension, were nominated as the Nigerian representatives in the 2018–19 CAF Champions League. Four teams were promoted from the Nigeria National League and 24 teams will compete in the 2018–19 Nigeria Professional Football League season.


2018 Nigeria Women Premier League
The 2018 Nigeria Women Premier League began on April 7 in a game featuring defending champions Nasarawa Amazons from Nasarawa State and FC Robo of Lagos State. The date was decided following a congress held in Ikeja on March 3. Prior to the game, a maiden super cup named the NWFL Champions Shield match was played between Aiteo Cup winners, Rivers Angels and Nasarawa Amazons to officially open the new season.


2018 Nigeria Women Premier League
At the end of the 2017 season, Sure Babes of Ilorin, Jokodolu Babes of Ogbomosho and Taraba Queens of Taraba State were promoted to compete in the elite division pending registration procedures, while Saadatu Amazons of Minna and Heartland Queens of Owerri were relegated to the pro league. In May 2018, the league went on a mid-season break due to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, this was further elongated after an emerging NFF leadership crisis. In August 2018, it was announced that the remaining games of the league will commence September 12.


2018 Nigeria Women Premier League, Format
The teams are divided into two groups of eight teams, of which the top two teams from each group will play in a super 4 mini-tournament tagged the NWPL Super 4 at the end of the season to determine the overall winner of the league. Each team is to play every team in her group twice on a home and away basis. The last placed teams in each group will be relegated to the pro league (division 2).


2018 Nigeria Women Premier League, Memorable moments
In a week 8 fixture, FC Robo defeated Abia Angels with Nigerian international, Rasheedat Ajibade scoring 4 goals in the game.


2018 Nigeria Women Premier League, Nigeria Women Pro League - Division 2
The division two teams seeking to gain promotion ahead of the 2019 Nigeria Women Premier League were Moje Queens of Kwara State, Police Machine of Akwa Ibom, Saadatu Amazons of Minna, Gift of Life, Invincible Angels of Gboko, Dream Stars of Lagos and Faith Hill Queens. In November 2018, it was confirmed that Dream Stars and Invincible Angels will be promoted to the elite division.


2018 Niigata gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 10 June 2018 to elect the next Governor of Niigata. Incumbent Governor Ryuichi Yoneyama resigned on 18 April 2018 in the wake of a sex scandal. This was also the first gubernatorial election in Niigata since the voting age was lowered to 18.


2018 Niigata gubernatorial election
The election was initially expected to be a de facto referendum on the anti-nuclear policies pursued by Gov. Yoneyama, particularly his opposition to the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Central Niigata. Both the pro-nuclear and the anti-nuclear camps are coalescing towards one candidate to represent each camp. The pro-nuclear camp will be represented by Hideyo Hanazumi, who is endorsed by the governing LDP and Komeito. Anti -nuclear Chikako Ikeda will be the opposition's unity candidate in the election.


2018 Niigata gubernatorial election
In contrary to the policy of the parties that endorsed him, Hanazumi followed the opposition's line on nuclear energy, not unlike the one held by the incumbent governor. Hanazumi won the gubernatorial election by a narrow 3.4% margin. He vowed to continue Governor Yoneyama's approach on the issue of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant restart and related safety evaluations. In his victory speech, he also mentioned the possibility of resigning and holding another election mid-term to ask the populace whether the reactor should be restarted or not.


2018 Ningbo Challenger
The 2018 Ningbo Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Ningbo, China.


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


2018 Ningbo Challenger – Doubles
Radu Albot and Rubin Statham were the defending champions but only Statham chose to defend his title, partnering Hiroki Moriya. Statham lost in the first round to Sriram Balaji and Saketh Myneni.


2018 Ningbo Challenger – Doubles
Gong Maoxin and Zhang Ze won the title after defeating Hsieh Cheng-peng and Christopher Rungkat 7–5, 2–6, [10–5] in the final.


2018 Ningbo Challenger – Singles
Mikhail Youzhny was the defending champion but retired from professional tennis earlier in the year.


2018 Ningbo Challenger – Singles
Thomas Fabbiano won the title after defeating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3 in the final.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala
The 2018 Kerala Nipah virus outbreak was an outbreak of the Nipah virus in Kerala, traced to the fruit bats in the area. The outbreak was localized in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts of Kerala and claimed 17 lives, The outbreak was contained and declared over on 10 June 2018. This was the third Nipah Virus outbreak in India, the earlier being in 2001 and 2007, both in the eastern state West Bengal.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Timeline
The index case of the outbreak was reported at sub-divisional hospital in Perambra in Kozhikode district on May 2. This patient—was later taken to the Government Medical College, Kozhikode for further treatment, where he later succumbed to the virus. Later, his brother Mohammed Salih was admitted to Baby Memorial Hospital, Kozhikode, with suspected viral encephalitis. A team of doctors at Baby Memorial Hospital, Kozhikode suspected Nipah, as the symptoms were similar to that of his brother who had died by then. The samples were tested at the Manipal Institute of Virology where it was confirmed as a case of Nipah; samples were also tested positive at National Institute of Virology, Pune.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Timeline
The index patient had passed the virus to 16 persons at Medical College Hospital; later two more were infected, increasing the total count of infected to 18. There were 10 deaths in the first week, including a nurse named Lini Puthussery who treated the index patient before diagnosis. The outbreak began in Kozhikode district and later spread to the adjoining Malappuram district. Health advisories were issued for Northern Kerala as well as the adjoining districts of Karnataka, with two suspected cases detected in Mangalore on 23 May 2018.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Timeline
Over 2,000 people in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts were quarantined and kept under observation during the period of the outbreak. To fight the outbreak, M 102.4—a human monoclonal antibody for which clinical trials are still going on—was imported from Australia. This was facilitated by renowned Nipah researcher Christopher Broder. The outbreak also lead to the revival of World Health Organization's Nipah Drug Trials Group, lead by Soumya Swaminathan.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Timeline
After Sabith, 16 of the affected patients succumbed to the disease and two patients recovered fully. The outbreak was officially declared over on 10 June 2018.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Timeline, Other Nipah outbreaks
A new case of a 23-year-old student was detected again on 4 June 2019 in Kochi. Over 300 people were put under observation, but no further cases were reported. The student later recovered. This is the fourth occurrence reported in India, with previous ones having occurred in 2001 (45 deaths), 2007 (5 deaths), and 2018 (17 deaths).


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Timeline, Other Nipah outbreaks
Three years later, on September 5, 2021, a 12-year-old boy died of the Nipah virus in Pazhur, Kozhikode, prompting an investigation and the possibility of a new outbreak.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Virology and epidemiology
The presence of the Nipah virus in patients was confirmed from RT-PCR tests conducted at the  and the National Virology Institute, Pune.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Virology and epidemiology
Though the first set of samples did not detect the virus in bats, later tests proved that fruit bats in the area were the source of the virus.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Response
On 23 May 2018, Kerala Health Department issued a travel advisory asking travelers to the Northern districts of Kerala to be extra cautious.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Response
On 23 May 2018, State of Kerala, requesting medical advisory from Malaysian Health Department (Kementerian Kesihatan  Malaysia), for treatment and medicines for Nipah virus.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Response
On 25 May 2018, sharing of Information of Virus was posted in the WHO EIS at Malaysian Time. On the same day, the Ministry of Health and Prevention of the United Arab Emirates advised postponing unnecessary travel to Kerala and avoiding its fruits and vegetables until the situation was under control.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Response
On 30 May 2018 construction began on the Institute of Advanced Virology, Kerala, which was founded in response to the outbreak.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Response
On 1 June 2018, Thamarassery diocese in northern Kerala urged churches to stop giving Communion on the tongue, to postpone religious classes, and to avoid weddings and family get-togethers and unnecessary travel until the virus spread was contained.


2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, Recognition
Kerala's efforts in containing the outbreak under the leadership of the Health Minister K. K. Shailaja and the Health Secretary Rajeev Sadanandan and the then district collector were lauded by many, including the Kerala High Court and Robert Gallo of the Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore.