2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral election
Also on July 3, 2018, Vito Sgro, an organizer with the Liberal Party and past chair of the Hamilton Port Authority, announced he would be running for mayor on a platform of cancelling the city's LRT plan, hiring an auditor to study the city's finances, and changing the city's ward boundaries to create five superwards that conform to the city's federal and provincial ridings and would elect 3 councillors each. Sgro had been rumoured to jump into the race when he first signaled to Hamilton Spectator columnist Andrew Dreschel in January that he was considering a run.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral election
On June 9, 2018, former federal Green Party candidate for Hamilton Centre, Ute Schmidt-Jones, registered to run for mayor. Schmidt-Jones was previously a candidate for city council in Midland, Ontario during the 2014 municipal campaign. Schmidt-Jones was banned from Hamilton City Hall after throwing pumpkin seeds adorned with smiley faces at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2016 to protest his support for oil pipelines. Schmidt-Jones expressed support for the city's LRT plan.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral election
A week after entering the mayoral race, Sgro was the subject of some controversy when Joanna Chapman, a retired businesswoman and former Dundas town councillor, told local media that Sgro was the accountant who approved former Mayor Larry Di Ianni's financial statements during his 2003 mayoral campaign. In that campaign, Di Ianni accepted donations that exceeded the legal limit required by the Municipal Elections Act. In 2006, Di Ianni plead guilty to violating the Municipal Elections Act and was forced to return $26,000 in illegal contributions, make a $4,500 donation to charity, and write an essay on his actions.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral election
Chapman noted that Sgro, a registered accountant, had access to Di Ianni's campaign financials and was aware of the violation prior to signing off on the documents. Di Ianni pushed back against Chapman's accusations, telling Hamilton Spectator columnist Andrew Dreschel, "To sort of try to damage someone through innuendo — which, by the way, is a Joanna Chapman specialty — is just not fair."


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral election
On July 20, neo-Nazi, Holocaust-denier, and white-supremacist, Paul Fromm, registered to run for mayor of Hamilton. Fromm moved to Hamilton Mountain from m Mississauga earlier in 2018. Fromm previously ran for Mayor of Mississauga in 2014 and, in the 2018 Ontario provincial election, stood as a candidate for the Canadians' Choice Party in Etobicoke Centre. Identified as a neo-Nazi by the Southern Poverty Law Centre, Fromm was fired from his job as a public school teacher in Peel Region after attending far-right events and shouting racial slurs.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral election
Sgro launched his mayoral campaign with a $250-a-plate fundraiser on Thursday, August 9 at the Michelangelo Banquet Centre. In attendance were former Liberal candidate in Hamilton Centre and Hamilton Mountain, Javid Mirza (who served as one of Sgro's campaign advisors), Michelle Stockwell, a former Liberal candidate in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, and former Government House Leader in the cabinet of Paul Martin, Tony Valeri.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral election
During one of the first mayoral debates of the campaign, hosted by local community cable channel Cable 14, mayoral contenders focused mainly on the city's planned light rail project. Sgro, Ryerson, Geissler, Fromm, and Graydon all took stances against the project, while George Rusich, Schmid-Jones, and Eisenberger were supportive. Sgro used the debate to advocate for road-widening schemes, while Fromm attempted to downplay his connections to white supremacist movements and focus on his advocacy for Hamilton's drivers. Schmid-Jones proposed banning bottled water from the city's facilities, while Eisenbeger promoted his record of reducing homelessness and integrating the city's transit network.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral election
During the debate, candidates Graydon and Carlos Gomes were cautioned against using foul language and personal attacks, while Gomes used the debate to defend his marijuana use, though did not reference the Federal government's planned legalization of the substance on October 17, five days before the municipal election. Mayoral candidate Tavares was again invited to the debate but demanded financial compensation to appear.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral election
The issue of recreation facilities for people in Hamilton's suburban communities became an issue during the campaign, with Eisenberger pledging to conduct feasibility studies for rec centres in the next term of office. Pattison proposed the idea of reviewing all city facilities while Rusich promised to have a number of facilities built and operational by 2022.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mayoral election
On Election Day, October 22, Hamilton's residents gave incumbent Fred Eisenberger a second term as mayor. According to The Hamilton Spectator, Eisenberger is the "first mayor since amalgamation to survive back-to-back Hamilton elections."


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 1
Incumbent Ward 1 councillor Aidan Johnson registered for re-election on the day nominations opened, May 1. On the same day, McMaster graduate student and vice-president of the Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas NDP, Sophie Geffros, registered to seek the seat. Greffos' campaign focused on improving civic engagement and increasing dialogue in west Hamilton.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 1
On July 18, nine days before the close of nominations, Johnson announced he was withdrawing his nomination to serve as the executive director of the Niagara Community Legal Clinic, serving residents in Welland and St. Catharines.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 1
Jason Allen, third-place candidate in 2014 and a former staffer with Metrolinx registered to contest the seat, touting an endorsement from Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi. Carol Lazich, one of the most vocal anti-LRT activists in the city campaigned on a platform of opposing the project. Maureen Wilson, a former staffer with Hamilton Mayor Bob Wade and partner to former Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Chair Terry Cooke campaigned on an urbanist platform. Wilson maintained support from across the political spectrum, earning the endorsements of former Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale MPP Ted McMeekin, then-NDP candidate for MP in Hamilton Centre Matthew Green, and former Hamilton Police Service Chief Ken Robertson.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 1
Linda Narducci, a small-business owner and founding member of The Mustard Seed, a local organic co-operative, campaigned on improving pedestrian and cyclist safety as well as reviewing the ward's participatory budgeting project. Syed Bakht, a self-employed tax specialist and Jordan Geertsma, a local pub owner ran on campaigns skeptical of LRT. Lyla Miklos, a Unitarian lay chaplain and education worker sought the seat on a campaign of respecting the democratic process and speaking for marginalized Hamiltonians.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 1
Richard Massie, who lived in Ward 14, ran on a platform of redeveloping the Chedoke Golf Course, Sharon Cole focused on housing affordability, and Harrison White, the youngest candidate in the ward at the age of 22, focused on housing issues and hospital wait times. Ela Eroglu, a local architect, ran on a campaign of addressing poverty issues. Sharon Anderson, an Ainslie Wood resident, focused on better soliciting resident feedback on important projects.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 2
Seeking a third term on council, incumbent Jason Farr faced competition from seven candidates. Cameron Kroetsch, a former union president and LGBT rights activist in Hamilton, and Nicole Smith, a local literacy centre manager, were the first candidates to register on May 1. They were followed by Suresh Venodh Daljeet and Mark Tennant in the following months. Farr registered on July 19, and was followed by James Unsworth, John Vail, and Diane Chiarelli on July 27, the final day of nominations.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 2
Kroetsch, who received the support of previous challengers to Farr - Terri Wallis (2014) and Matt Jelly (2010) - as well as former Green Party federal and provincial candidate Peter Ormond, campaigned for better communication and allocation of the city's existing public housing stock.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 2
A majority of the council candidates in Ward 2 indicated support for the city's light rail transit project, including Kroetsch, Daljeet, Smith, Farr, and another 2010 challenger of Farr's, Chiarelli. Tennant and 2014 council candidate and Progressive Conservative candidate for Hamilton Centre, Vail, both opposed the project. Smith's campaign focused on addressing the ward's infrastructure backlog and collaborative decision-making, Daljeet campaigned on waterfront re-development, business attraction, and transit affordability, Tennant's campaign emphasized community safety and tackling the opioid epidemic while Chiarelli emphasized community safety and sustainable development.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 2
Local media indicated that James Unsworth had opted to not campaign for the seat, despite having his name remain on the ballot.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 3
On June 17, 2018, Hamilton Spectator columnist Andrew Dreschel reported that sitting Ward 3 councillor Matthew Green was considering seeking the NDP nomination to stand as the party's candidate in Hamilton Centre for the 2019 federal election. At the time, Green declined to confirm if he was going to seek federal office or reoffer for his Ward 3 council seat.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 3
Local transgender advocate Kristeen Sprague filed to seek the Ward 3 seat on June 15. Perennial candidate Keith Beck registered to run in Ward 3 on July 6. Beck sought the office of Ward 7 councillor in 2014, receiving 12.41% of the vote. He had filed to papers to run for council in Ward 2 in 2010, but withdrew and refiled to run in Ward 7, and finished last with 5.14% of the vote.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 3
In 2006, he filed to run for mayor, but withdrew and refiled to run for city council in Ward 10, where he finished last with 6.58% of the vote. During a 2004 by-election for the office of Ward 2 councillor caused by Andrea Horwath's election to the Ontario legislature, received 29 votes, or 0.57%, placing 9th out of 11 candidates.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 3
The candidates were joined by former staffer with Mayor Fred Eisenberger, Laura Farr, on July 12. Farr, a Liberal Party activist, served on the party's Electoral District Association in Hamilton Centre.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 3
On July 16, one day before incumbent councillor Matthew Green was scheduled to hold a press conference regarding his political future, NDP supporter and founder of a local consulting firm, the Empower Strategy group, Evelyn Myrie registered to run in Ward 3. Myrie had previously been involved with the Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion, was awarded with Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal, and has been inducted into Hamilton's Gallery of Distinction. In 1994, Myrie ran for the office of Ward 1 councillor, and finished 5th with 13.6% of the vote. Myrie would later drop out of the race before the close of nominations.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 3
At a press conference held on July 17, Green formally announced that he would not seek re-election in Ward 3, instead opting to seek the NDP's nomination for Parliament in Hamilton Centre.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 3
On the day Green announced his intention to seek higher office, business owner and vocal anti-LRT activist Milena Balta registered to seek the seat.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 3
Following Green's announcement, a number of candidates entered the race to replace the one-term councillor. Alain Bureau, who had successfully advocated for the inclusion of a Gage Park stop on the B-Line LRT route ran on a platform of promoting healthy communities.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 3
Steven Paul Denault, who ran for the office of Ward 3 HWDSB Trustee in 2010 and 2014 and Wards 9, 10, and 11 HWCDSB Trustee in 2006, campaigned on re-establishing a network of electrified trolley buses while expressing frustration with the lack of a public referendum on LRT. Speaking with the CBC, Denault remarked, "I'm very very disappointed in our elected people."


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 3
Nrinder Nann, Green's 2014 campaign manager and a local small business owner, ran on a pro-LRT platform that called for strategies to improve housing affordability, improving community safety, and doing more for the environment.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 4
Ward 4 faced a series of health and environmental issues in the lead-up to the 2018 election. Local media reported of resident complaints regarding a municipal facility storing waste generated from the city's "Green Bin" composting program, odors and particulate from the area's steel plants and metal recycling facility, and on-going issues with Burlington Street, which acts as an arterial highway for heavy trucks. Issues relating to housing affordability and commercial decline were also of importance.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 4
Controversial incumbent councillor Sam Merulla registered to seek a 6th term. Merulla, a former Liberal Party staffer-turned New Democrat, had been experiencing a rightward ideological shift and campaigned on opposing wasteful spending and focusing on "needs rather than wants". Merulla had generated attention and controversy during the 2014-2018 term of council for a number of high-profile motions and disputes. Merulla had waged a campaign against the popular mobile game Pokémon Go after "Pokéstops" were found in the city's cemeteries, and had proposed the licensing of house cats.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 4
More controversially, Merulla attacked public employees over wages, threatened to sue Vivian Saunders, a local resident focused on campaign finance accountability, over discrepancies in Merulla's 2014 campaign financial records, pushed for sanctions against Ward 12 councillor Lloyd Ferguson over an incident where Ferguson pushed local journalist Joey Coleman, and mocked Ward 14 councillor Robert Pasuta for missing some council meetings due to Pasuta's suffering a traumatic brain injury on his farm.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 4
Rod Douglas was Merulla's only opponent in the race, Douglas, a 55-year-old mechanical engineer, was an LRT opponent and ran on a campaign of fixing local roads and improving apartment inspection.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 5
In March, 2018, Stewart Klazinga a resident of the Vincent Neighbourhood, announced his intention to seek the office of Ward 5 councillor. In his announcement, Klazinga spoke of the need to improve transit, transparency, and work toward a Vision Zero program for Hamilton. Klazinga, a 35-year-old community activist, also emphasized the need for more community consultation from councillors.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 5
Former NDP candidate in Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Juanita Maldonado, campaigned on opposing LRT, creating an "advocacy office" for seniors and better regulation of cannabis dispensaries. Seven-term incumbent Chad Collins sought another term in office, running on his record of service and focusing on addressing infrastructure issues.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 6
Tom Jackson, who has served as Ward 6 Councillor from 1988, announced his intention to seek re-election immediately following the 2014 election. In January 2018, he confirmed his intention to seek a 10th term on council and registered on June 21.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 6
Brad Young was first to candidate to register on June 8. His campaign focused on a change in leadership, with the candidate writing in the Hamilton Mountain News, “After 30 years of honourable service, isn't it time to nurture the new era?” Young took a stand against the city's LRT project, instead advocating for a conversion of the city's HSR bus fleet to electric vehicles.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 6
Timothy Taylor, the financial officer for a local escape room, ran on a platform of reducing inefficiency at city hall, supporting LRT, providing more supports to local businesses, and reopening the city's disused ski hills.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 7
Ward 7, despite the ward-boundary realignment, remained the largest ward in the city by population at 47,460 residents. The ward had faced considerable political upheval with former councillor Scott Duvall vacating the seat in 2015 after being elected Hamilton Mountain's NDP MP and the winner of the by-election to replace him, Donna Skelly, vacating the seat in early 2018 after being elected the PC MPP for Flamborough-Glanbrook. Former Ward 7 alderman Terry Anderson, who served from 1991 to 2000, served as the interim councillor, but did not seek election to the seat.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 7
Ester Pauls, the runner-up in race for Hamilton Mountain MPP in the June 2018 Ontario general election registered to seek the seat. Pauls, the owner of a running shop in Westdale, was skeptical of the city's LRT project and ran on a platform of being a political outsider. Despite her contemporary political affiliations, Pauls also noted her past campaign work for former Hamilton Mountain MPP Marie Bountrogianni and former Mayor Bob Bratina.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 7
Geraldine McMullen, a candidate in the by-election to replace Duvall, worked with the Ontario NDP and campaigned on speaking up for the ward's residents, public operation of LRT, supporting affordable housing in the ward, and running for re-election in 2022 rather than seeking outside opportunities as the ward's former councillors had. McMullen also carried the endorsement of former Hamilton Mountain MP Chris Charlton.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 7
Dan McIntyre, a 29-year old autoworker ran on a platform of supporting LRT, addressing poverty through job creation, and increasing HSR service. McIntyre was one of the few candidates to list a home address in the ward at the time of the election. Adam Dirani, an opponent of LRT, ran on a fiscally conservative platform of being more efficient with the city's taxes while Steve Clarke, a semi-retired City of Hamilton employee, wanted the city to focus on building the A-Line LRT first.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 7
Karen Grice-Uggenti, the director of the Hamilton Mountain Liberal Party Association, wanted a pivot to BRT, and Steven Benson, a self-employed advertising executive, was undecided about LRT, instead focusing his platform on traffic calming. Jim McColl, a USW Steelworker ran on a platform of supporting LRT, expanding the B.L.A.S.T network and clean, safe, affordable housing.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 7
On election night, Pauls won with the smallest percentage of any elected councillor, earning 25% of the vote and beating McMullen by just over 1,100 votes. Pauls attributed her victory to her attempts to connect with the voters of Ward 7.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 8
Christopher Climie, a local real estate agent, was the first candidate to register on May 8, 2018. Despite Climie's early entry into the race, he made no effort to campaign, not responding to any questions from local media, maintaining any campaign website or infrastructure, or appearing at any debates.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 8
John-Paul Danko, runner up in the 2016 Ward 7 by-election, registered to run in Ward 8 on May 11, 2018. Danko, the husband of Ward 7 Public School Trustee Dawn Danko, began to publicly campaign for an appointment to city council after the winner of the 2016 by-election, Donna Skelly, was elected Progressive Conservative MPP for Flamborough—Glanbrook.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 8
Colleen Wicken registered to seek the seat on June 28, 2018. Wicken, a staffer with Ward 8 Councillor Terry Whitehead and former chair of the Bonnington-Buchanan-Mohawk-Southam Neighbourhoods Association, had previously advocated for more police presence in student neighbourhoods and against the city's ward boundary changes. Danko ran on a platform of supporting the city's LRT project, reducing speeds on local streets, investing in infrastructure, and planning for intensification along Upper James Street.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 8
On the final day of registrations, former Mississauga City Councillor and MP for Mississauga-Brampton South, Eve Adams, registered to seek the Ward 8 seat. Adams, who was elected as a Conservative in 2011 and crossed the floor to the Liberals prior to the 2015 election before losing a nomination battle to Marco Mendicino in the Toronto-area riding of Eglinton-Lawrence, had served on Mississauga City Council representing Ward 5 from 2003 to her election to Parliament in 2011. Adams, who has family in Hamilton, noted that she wanted to widen the Red Hill Valley Expressway and the 403, cancel the city's LRT project, and attract more businesses to Hamilton.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 8
During the campaign, Ward 8 councillor Terry Whitehead, who was seeking election in Ward 14, mass-emailed constituents, accusing Wicken of stealing a contact list meant for Christmas cards for personal political gain and encouraging residents to report Wicken to the police. Wicken denied the accusation. Whitehead, who had endorsed Ruddick, requested the Hamilton Police open an investigation into the matter.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 9
Incumbent councillor Doug Conley informed the Stoney Creek News of his intention to seek re-election in January 2018, registering to run on May 16.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 9
Cam Galindo, third-place Ward 9 candidate in 2014, announced he would be seeking the seat for a second time in February 2018. At his campaign launch on June 16, Galindo spoke about the need for lower taxes, more public forums, increased public safety, and improvement of local parks, while speaking skeptically about the city's LRT project. Galindo dropped out of the councillor's race on the final day of nominations, re-registering to seek a school trustee seat instead.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 9
The day before nominations were set to close, former Ward 9 councillor, 2014 mayoral candidate, Stoney Creek Progressive Conservative MPP, and provincial cabinet minister Brad Clark registered to seek the seat. Since his defeat to Mayor Eisenberger in 2014, Clark has been a consultant with Maple Leaf Strategies, a group representing a landfill in upper Stoney Creek. After registering, Clark spoke about his track-record of never having an Ontario Municipal Board tribunal surrounding a development project in his ward during his two terms in office.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 9
Local resident David Ford registered to seek the seat to tackle what he claimed were communication issues with incumbent councillor Conley. Ford, an HR manager, informed the Stoney Creek News that he opposed LRT and supported widening roads in the area, while noting "I hate politics, so maybe this is the right job for me."


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 9
Lakhwinder Singh Multani, a second-place finisher in the Ward 5 council race in 2000, also campaigned on better communication and opposing LRT, while also promoting the idea of making police more visible throughout the area.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 9
Peter Lanza, a first-time candidate for office, echoed his fellow candidates' concerns about communication, while campaigning on the need to improve the area's infrastructure to keep pace with a growing population.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 10
Ian Thompson, Ward 13 HWDSB Trustee (2000–2003), Ward 11 and 12 HWDSB Trustee (2003–2006), and a former staffer with Liberal MPPs Dominic Agostino and Judy Marsales, was the first individual to announce their intention to seek office in the 2018 election. Prior to the Ontario Municipal Board's decision on the city's ward boundaries, Thompson had considered seeking election in the former Ward 11, though the redistribution shifted his attention to Ward 10, where he resides. At his campaign launch, Thompson announced he would, if elected, ask the mayor to address power outage issues in Stoney Creek, hire 30 new police officers to combat crime, build a splash-pad in the Oceanic neighbourhood, and only serve two terms.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 10
In March, 2018, one-term Ward 9 and 10 HWDSB Trustee Jeff Beattie announced that he was considering seeking a seat on council. Beattie registered to run for city council on the day nominations opened, May 1. At his campaign launch and meet and greet, Beattie listed community safety, transit, infrastructure and improving city services among his priorities. Beattie, citing his long residency in the area, believed this provided his campaign with an advantage.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 10
Maria Pearson, councillor for Ward 10 since 2003 and councillor in the former Town of Stoney Creek from 1991 to 2000, registered to run for a fourth term on May 4. Pearson labelled herself an LRT critic and has campaigned for a BRT-style alternative to the rapid transit project.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 10
Louie Milojevic, a local private equity investor, history professor and columnist, sought the council seat after placing third to Pearson in the 2003 election. Milojevic spoke about the need for better transit in the area, campaigned for improved infrastructure, and opposed the city's LRT project.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 11
Brenda Johnson, 2-term Ward 11 councillor, announced her intention to seek another term on council in September 2017 when former HWDSB Trustee Ian Thompson indicated he would be running for the office as well. Following ward boundary re-alignments, Thompson sought election in Ward 10.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 12
The first candidate to register for the Ward 12 council position was Ancaster resident and loss prevention manager, John Scime. Scime focused on public safety, managing the area's growth, and supporting increased bus service to the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 12
Scime's nomination was matched the following day by Sheffield resident Miranda Reis. A disability-rights advocate and chartered accountant who served as the former budget manager for the City of Cambridge, Ries pointed to improved public transit as being crucial for the city's development.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 12
The third entrant to the Ward 12 council race was Ancaster resident and third-place finisher in the 2014 race for Ward 11 and 12 Public School Trustee, Mike Bell. Bell, a mechanical engineer, indicated he wanted to make Ancaster more walkable, adding bike lanes onto area streets, and carefully reviewing the city's LRT project and a $13-million water tower project approved by the city in 2017.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 12
Lloyd Ferguson, the incumbent Ward 12 councillor, had avoided making any commitment to running for a 4th term, telling the Ancaster News that anyone who makes known their ambitions to seek political office, would "'put a big target on' their back." Ferguson registered to run on July 9, 2018. Speaking with the Ancaster News, Ferguson indicated that he had wavered on whether he would seek re-election, but ultimately decided to register again to complete pending projects in his community, though he noted he would likely not run again in the 2022 election.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 12
The final candidate to register was 27-year-old real estate agent Kevin Marley. A graduate of McMaster University, Marley indicated he was supportive of the city's LRT project, wanted to investigate public works efforts for low-income citizens, and improving the area's highway infrastructure to ease congestion.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 13
Two candidates registered to seek the Ward 13 council seat on the first day of nominations: small business owner and prospective Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas Progressive Conservative nomination contestant Kevin Gray, as well as John Mykytyshyn, a local Conservative activist and son of a former Dundas town councillor. Gray emphasized the importance of increasing communication between Dundas and Hamilton, while Mykytyshyn discussed returning to wards for Dundas and Flamborough realigning these wards to the former ward boundaries


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 13
The third candidate to register was local teacher Rich Gelder, who filed on June 11. Gelder, a Dundas resident for two decades, supported the city's LRT project, and promoted the idea of complete streets, better public transit, and improved cycling infrastructure.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 14
The first candidate to register for the Ward 14 council seat was 2015 Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas federal Conservative Party candidate and 2018 provincial Progressive Conservative nomination contestant Vincent Samuel, who registered on June 12. Samuel, who immigrated to Canada from Pakistan in 1990, expressed a desire to keep taxes low and ensure a variety of housing options for Mountain residents. Samuel indicated he wanted to ensure the city's LRT project was beneficial to taxpayers.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 14
Terry Whitehead, who had served as Ward 8 councillor from 2003, avoided declaring which seat he would contest after his West Mountain ward was split following the OMB decision on the city's ward boundaries, waiting until July 26 to register. In March 2018, he announced he was considering a challenge to incumbent mayor Fred Eisenberger, though ultimately opted to run for a fourth term on council.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 14
Robert Iszkula, a small-business owner who formerly lived on the west mountain, ran on a campaign of improving HSR service, adding a public library to the ward, and improving local parks. Roslyn French-Sanges, a stylist with clothing company Nygard, promised to be more responsive to constituents and improve transportation in the ward. Bryan Wilson, a 38-year-old employee with Air Canada, campaigned on supporting LRT, improving local green space, and better maintaining roads.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 14
During the election, Whitehead came under fire from LIUNA after the union donated $500.00 to his campaign based on his comments indicating he was supporting LRT. Whitehead reversed his position, prompting a vice-president in the union, Joe Mancinelli, to say he felt "disappointed and betrayed."


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 14
In the final weeks of the campaign, both Iszkula and Samuel suspended their campaigns. Iszkula endorsed Wilson, while Samuel announced he would be supporting Whitehead. As the deadline for removing their names from the ballot had passed, both candidates formalled remained in the race.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, City Council Election, Ward 15
On June 18, incumbent councillor Judi Partridge filed to run for re-election. Having unsuccessfully run for the Ontario Liberal Party during the 2018 Ontario Election in the riding of Flamborough-Glanbrook, Partridge opted to seek another term on council to continue the projects she began prior to her provincial run.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward 5
Chair of the HWDSB, incumbent Ward 5 trustee Todd White, registered to seek a third term on July 25, 2018. The day following his registration, CBC Hamilton reported that Carole Paikin Miller, the wife of Hamilton East-Stoney Creek MPP Paul Miller would be seeking the seat as well. White, who had served as Miller's constituency assistant since 2007, had filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario against the 4-term MPP after Miller critiqued White for taking parental leave to care for his children.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward 5
In a series of voicemails leaked to the media, Miller slammed White and the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, stating "Sometimes unions do more harm than good, and sometimes, they get their people into bad situations." White downplayed the entry of Paikin Miller, telling the CBC, "I think the actions and behaviour are consistent with what has already been reported. I'll let voters conclude what this all means."


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward 5
On July 26, the Stoney Creek News reported that candidate Jason McLaughlin had, in the past, posted lewd and sexist memes to his personal Facebook page and had been told by outgoing Ward 3 trustee Larry Pattison to address the issue. McLaughlin stated to the paper that one of the memes, which referred to women as 'ugly', did not appear to have offended anyone while another was possibly posted by someone "trying to sabotage his campaign".


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward 5
The Ward 5 trustee campaign became a proxy battle between different Hamilton-area NDP organizations. Paikin Miller did not interact with local media during the election and did not respond to reporter's comments following her victory. White was blunt when discussing his election loss, blaming his dispute with MPP Miller for his loss and noting, "When you stick your neck out you have to be prepared for it to be cut off and in this case, Paul Miller and the NDP cut it off."


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward 8 and 14
Despite registering to run on May 3, 2018, Wes Hicks, the incumbent 33-year veteran school trustee announced on June 28 that he was stepping down and would withdraw his nomination to seek another term.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward 9 and 10
In an interview prior to the 2019 Federal Election campaign, former NDP MP for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek from (2006 to 2015), Wayne Marston, indicated he was considering running for a school trustee's position in the 2018 election. Marston had served as a Public School Trustee for Ward 5 from (2000 to 2006).


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward 11 and 12
The first entrant into the Ward 11 and 12 trustee race was young right-wing activist Blake Hambly. Hambly, a graduate of Hamilton District Christian High School, a private Christian school in Glanbrook, is the president of the McMaster Campus Conservatives and the McMaster branch of Turning Point, a right-wing advocacy group founded by Charlie Kirk, that targets youth and university campuses. Hambly worked for Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward, Conservative Party of Canada leadership contestant Kellie Leitch, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership candidate and social conservative, Tanya Granic Allen, and Flamborough-Glanbrook PC MPP Donna Skelly.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward 11 and 12
Incumbent trustee Alex Johnstone, a staffer with Hamilton Centre MP David Christopherson, registered to run for re-election on June 29.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward 11 and 12
The final candidate to enter the race was Glanbrook resident Bruce Carnegie. Carnegie, a McMaster chemistry graduate, noted his concerns around dropping EQAO scores and emphasized a focus on STEM education.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward 13
Incumbent Ward 13 trustee Greg Van Geffen announced in June 2018 that he was not seeking re-election to the public school board, citing the pressures of the job on his family and business.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Public School Board trustee elections, Ward 15
Penny Deathe, the incumbent Ward 15 HWDSB Trustee, became the first sitting trustee to announce their intention to seek another term in January 2018.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Catholic School Board Trustee Elections, Ward 5
On July 25, 2018, former Ward 3 Catholic trustee Ralph Agostino registered seek the Ward 5 trustee seat. In 2014, his son, Sam, was defeated by Aldo D’Intino. The Agostino political family has a long history of serving on the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board, as Dominic Agostino, Mary Agostino-Locane, and Rose Agostino have all served on the Board.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Catholic School Board Trustee Elections, Ward 6
On July 25, Ellen Agostino, the wife of former Ward 5 Catholic School Trustee Sam Agostino, registered to seek election to the Catholic School Board.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Catholic School Board Trustee Elections, Ward 12 and 13
Dundas resident, widower, and retired Catholic School principal Neil Chopp was one of the first candidates to register to seek the seat of Ward 12 and 13 Catholic trustee on May 1. Chopp, a former Brant County educator, was joined by Waterdown resident Phil Homerski on the same day.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mid-term elections, Ward 7 Councillor
Shortly after being sworn in for a third term as Ward 7 Councillor, Scott Duvall announced he would be seeking the New Democratic Party's nomination to run in the 42nd Federal Election as their candidate on Hamilton Mountain. Duvall was selected by party members in the riding at a nomination meeting on March 29, 2015 to stand as their candidate over his opponent, former provincial NDP candidate Bryan Adamczyk. Duvall was elected to Parliament on October 19, 2015 with 35.8% of the vote.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mid-term elections, Ward 7 Councillor
Prior to Duvall's election, candidates began expressing interest in running for his seat. By September 4, 2015, four candidates had already announced their intention to run in the by-election if it were to be called. On Friday, October 23, 2015, Duvall officially resigned from city council. Duvall told the Hamilton Spectator that, while he had not yet endorsed a replacement, he was watching the competition carefully.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mid-term elections, Ward 7 Councillor
After speculation that the by-election would occur in February or March 2016, the CBC reported on November 2, 2015, that the election would take place on March 21, 2016, following council's approval of the date through a bylaw passed at their December 9, 2015 council meeting.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mid-term elections, Ward 7 Councillor
As the number of candidates increased, local media began to report on the impact the by-election was having on local political party establishments. Candidates Geraldine McMullen and Uzma Qureshi, both NDP members, maintained the support of varying factions within the party. McMullen received support from former Hamilton Mountain MP Chris Charlton while Qureshi was endorsed by current Hamilton Mountain MPP Monique Taylor and Hamilton Centre MP David Christopherson. Similarly, candidates Bob Charters, Donna Skelly, and Hans Zuriel had the support of elements of Hamilton's Conservative establishment.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mid-term elections, Ward 7 Councillor
Charters was the Progressive Conservative's candidate in Hamilton Mountain in 2007, Skelly sought election as a Progressive Conservative in Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale in 2011 and 2014, while Zuriel is the president of the Hamilton Mountain Conservative association and heavily involved with Conservative politics at McMaster University. With the registration of former Hamilton Mountain Liberal candidate Shawn Burt on January 29, the local Liberal Party was also split between their 2015 candidate and Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas nomination contestant Howard Rabb.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mid-term elections, Ward 7 Councillor
The local Libertarian Party establishment was also split between Luc Hetu, the party's nominated, but unregistered, candidate for the 2015 election in Flamborough-Glanbrook and Robert Young, the party's Hamilton Centre candidate. Both candidates registered on February 1 and both used Young's business address at 616 Barton Street East on their registration forms.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mid-term elections, Ward 7 Councillor
In an interview with the Hamilton Mountain News, McMaster political science professor Dr. Henry Jacek noted that he expected voter turnout to be very low, allowing a candidate to win with around 1,500 votes. He also indicated that by his analysis, while the splits in party support were evident, candidates aligned with the New Democrats were likely to perform well considering their historic support in Ward 7 and the popularity of Scott Duvall.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mid-term elections, Ward 7 Councillor
At the close of nominations on February 5, 22 candidates had registered, making the Ward 7 by-election the most contested election in Hamilton's post-amalgamation history.


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mid-term elections, Ward 7 Councillor
Just prior to election day, Qureshi faced criticism from local media and other candidates for a letter mailed to the community from Duvall and MPP Monique Taylor that encouraged strategic voting to defeat candidates with ties to the Conservative Party. Taking aim at McMullen, who had secured the endorsement of the city's labour council and from Duvall's predecessor, Chris Charlton, the letter claimed "It is clear that (Qureshi) has risen above the pack and presents the ONLY choice if we are going to elect a strong progressive councillor for Ward 7." The letter was called "disrespectful" by McMullen and mentioned by Skelly on election night, who called it "political interference".


2018 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, Mid-term elections, Ward 7 Councillor
On election night, Donna Skelly secured victory with 1,967 votes, 92 ballots ahead of second-place finisher, John-Paul Danko. Speaking with reporters after her win, Skelly noted that she wanted to "ruffle a few feathers" with regard to taxes and city finances, while announcing her support for the city's Light Rail Transit project.


2018 Hammarby Fotboll season
The 2018 season was Hammarby Fotboll's 103st in existence, their 49th season in Allsvenskan and their 4th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen during the year. League play started in early April and lasted until early November. Stefan Billborn made his first season as manager.


2018 Hammarby Fotboll season, Summary
In the off-season, on 4 January 2018, the board and Jesper Jansson, director of football, chose to sack manager Jakob Michelsen, citing differences regarding the view on transfers and playing style, as well as a disappointing development of the team and its results. Hammarby finished 9th in Allsvenskan 2017.


2018 Hammarby Fotboll season, Player statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 14 November 2018Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election
The 2018 Hammersmith and Fulham Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Hammersmith and Fulham Council in London.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
Labour consolidated control of the council by gaining 9 seats (in addition to the 11 they gained in 2014), winning 35 in all. The Conservatives lost 9 seats, winning 11 in all. This was the lowest number of Conservative councillors since 1986.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
There were no wards with split party representation – for only the fourth time in the fifteen elections since the council was created in 1968. The previous occasions when this occurred was 1990, 1978 and the 1971 Labour landslide.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
Another sign of the increased homogeneity was the number of wards where the winning party got less than 50% of the vote – just three wards this time. Ravenscourt Park with 46%, Town with 48% and Sands End with a fraction under 50%. This compares with the 2014 election when there were 6 wards including Sands End with 38%. In the 2010 election there were 10 wards including Addison with 39%. And in the 2006 election there were also 10 wards including Askew with 39%.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
26 Councillors successfully retained their seats – 20 Labour and 6 Conservative. 5 sitting Councillors were defeated – all Conservative, including the previous opposition leader.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
The ward with the highest percentage vote for one party was Wormholt and White City which saw a 76.5% vote share for the Labour Party. This is the highest percentage any party has achieved at the five elections since these wards were established in 2002. Vote share percentages by ward for previous elections are not currently available.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
The largest percentage change was in the Shepherds Bush Green ward, where the Labour Party increased its vote share by 20.9 percentage points – as the Green Party didn't stand a candidate this time round. The largest percentage decrease was in the Fulham Reach ward where the Conservative vote dropped by 14.6 percentage points.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
The candidate with the largest individual tally was Lisa Homan with 2,577 votes in the Askew ward. This veteran councillor has been elected on all but one occasion since 1994 – losing out in 2002 by 44 votes.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
One of the successful Conservative candidates in Palace Riverside had been deselected from the same ward in 2006, and had run as an independent candidate – coming within 146 votes of winning at that election.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
The Liberal Democrats fielded a full slate of 46 candidates – in 2014 they put forward 39 candidates for election.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
UKIP fielded 3 candidates – in 2014 they had 7 candidates.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
The Green Party fielded 2 candidates – in 2014 they had 7 candidates.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
There was 1 Independent candidate – the same number as in 2014, although a different individual. The 2018 independent had previously run in the same ward in the 2006 local election and in the Hammersmith constituency at the 2017 general election.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
TUSC did not stand any candidates in the 2018 local elections – they had two candidates in Hammersmith and Fulham in 2014.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Overall results
National Health Action Party did not field candidates in the 2018 local elections – they had a single candidate in Hammersmith and Fulham in 2014.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Ward results
(*) represents a candidate seeking re-election in the same ward.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, Ward results
(~) represents a candidate seeking re-election in a different ward.


2018 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election, By-elections, Fulham Broadway
A by-election was held in Fulham Broadway after the resignation of Councillor Alan de'Ath on 19 September 2019.


2018 Hampton Pirates football team
The 2018 Hampton Pirates football team represents Hampton University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by first-year head coach Robert Prunty and play their home games at Armstrong Stadium. They will compete as a FCS independent.


2018 Hampton Pirates football team
On November 16, 2017, the school announced they would become a full member of the Big South Conference in 2018. Due to scheduling reasons, they were to remain in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) for football in 2018. However, the MEAC refused to allow Hampton to remain in the conference, with no MEAC schools agreeing to play them, forcing the Pirates to become an FCS independent for 2018 before joining the Big South in 2019.


2018 Hampton Pirates football team, Previous season
In their final season as a member of the MEAC, the Pirates finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.


2018 Hampton Pirates football team, Previous season
On November 20, 2017, head coach Connell Maynor resigned to become the head coach at Alabama A&M. He finished at Hampton with a four-year record of 20–25.


2018 Handzame Classic
The 2018 Handzame Classic was the 8th edition of the Handzame Classic road cycling one day race. It was held on 16 March 2018 as part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.HC.


2018 Handzame Classic
The race was won by Álvaro Hodeg of Quick-Step Floors.


2018 Handzame Classic, Teams
Twenty-two teams of up to seven riders started the race:


2018 Hank Steinbrecher Cup
The 2018 Hank Steinbrecher Cup was the sixth edition of the United States Adult Soccer Association's (USASA) tournament whose winner is recognized with the title of U.S. National Amateur Champions.


2018 Hank Steinbrecher Cup
Premier Development League (PDL) side Michigan Bucks successfully defended their title.


2018 Hank Steinbrecher Cup, Host selection
Veterans Memorial Stadium in New Britain, Connecticut was selected as the host venue for the tournament.


2018 Hank Steinbrecher Cup, Teams, Qualification
The tournament featured the 2017 PDL champion Charlotte Eagles, the 2017 National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) champion Elm City Express, the 2017 USASA National Amateur Cup winner Lansdowne Bhoys FC and the defending Steinbrecher Cup winner Michigan Bucks.


2018 Hank Steinbrecher Cup, Teams, Draw and schedule
The draw to determine semifinal matchups took place on March 23, 2018 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. The Lansdowne Bhoys FC drew the Charlotte Eagles in the first semifinal, and the Michigan Bucks were matched against the Elm City Express in the second semifinal. The semifinal matches were scheduled to take place on June 1, followed by the third-place and final matches on June 2.


2018 Hardee's Pro Classic
The 2018 Hardee's Pro Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Dothan, United States, on 16–22 April 2018.


2018 Hardee's Pro Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 Hardee's Pro Classic – Doubles
Emina Bektas and Sanaz Marand were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2018 Hardee's Pro Classic – Doubles
Alexa Guarachi and Erin Routliffe won the title after defeating Sofia Kenin and Jamie Loeb 6–4, 2–6, [11–9] in the final.


2018 Hardee's Pro Classic – Singles
Kristie Ahn was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Barbara Haas.


2018 Hardee's Pro Classic – Singles
Taylor Townsend won the title after defeating Mariana Duque Mariño 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 in the final.


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


2018 Haringey London Borough Council election, Ward Results, Bounds Green
Pat Berryman was a sitting councillor in Fortis Green ward


2018 Haringey London Borough Council election, Ward Results, Seven Sisters
Barbara Blake was a sitting councillor for St Ann's ward.


2018 Haringey London Borough Council election, Ward Results, Woodside
Mark Blake was a sitting councillor in Muswell Hill ward


2018 Haringey London Borough Council election, By-Elections
A by-election was held in West Green ward on 13 December 2018 following the resignation of Ishmael Osamor


2018 Harlow District Council election
The 2018 Harlow District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex. This was on the same day as other local elections. Labour increased their majority on the council by gaining one seat.


2018 Harlow District Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2019, Bush Fair
A by-election was held in Bush Fair on 8 November 2018 after the resignation of Labour councillor Ian Beckett. The seat was held for Labour by Joseph Dunne.


2018 Harlow District Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2019, Nettleswell
A by-election was held in Nettleswell on 8 November 2018 after the resignation of Labour councillor Waida Forman. The seat was held for Labour by Shannon Jezzard.


2018 Harlow District Council election, By-elections between 2018 and 2019, Toddbrook
A by-election was held in Toddbrook on 13 December 2018 after the resignation of Labour councillor Karen Clempner. The seat was held for Labour by Frances Mason.


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


2018 Harrogate Borough Council election, By-Elections
A by-election was held in Knaresborough Scriven Park on 29 July 2021.


2018 Harrow London Borough Council election
The 2018 Harrow London Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Harrow London Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. The Conservatives had hoped to win control of the council from Labour, but Labour emerged with an increased number of seats and kept their majority. The Liberal Democrats lost their only seat in the borough. The Conservatives lost seats to Labour, but maintained their total of 28 by winning two seats that had been held by independents.


2018 Hart District Council election
The 2018 Hart District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Hart District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2018 Hart District Council election, Results
The election saw the Conservatives gain an independent seat, whilst Community Campaign (Hart) gained a Conservative Seat. As such, whilst the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats had no net change, Community Campaign (Hart) increased their seats by one to nine.


2018 Hartford Hawks baseball team
The 2018 Hartford Hawks baseball team represented the University of Hartford in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season as a member of the America East Conference. The team was coached by Justin Blood and played their home games at Fiondella Field with select games being played at Dunkin' Donuts Park. 2018 was the most successful season in division one for Hartford baseball. Hartford captured the America East regular season and conference tournament championships for the first time in school history and advanced to the NCAA tournament.


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


2018 Harvard Crimson football team
The 2018 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by 25th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They finished the season 6–4 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to place third.


2018 Harvard Crimson football team, Previous season
The Crimson finished the 2017 season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play, to place in tie for fifth place.


2018 Harvard Crimson football team, Schedule
The 2018 schedule consisted of six home games and four away games. The Crimson hosted Ivy League foes Princeton, Columbia, and Yale for the 135th edition of The Game, and traveled to Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Penn.


2018 Harvard Crimson football team, Schedule
Harvard's non-conference opponents were San Diego of the Pioneer Football League, Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Holy Cross of the Patriot League.


2018 Harvard Crimson men's volleyball team
The 2018 Harvard Crimson men's volleyball team represents Harvard University in the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Crimson, led by tenth year head coach Brian Biase, play their home games at Malkin Athletic Center. The Crimson are members of the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association and were picked to finish fifth in the EIVA the preseason poll.


2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
The 2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy is the sixth edition of the invitational tournament hosted by Brunei, taking place from 23 April to 5 May. A total of 7 teams of the under-22 age group from the Southeast Asian region will be competing for the trophy along with a cash prize of B$20,000 (US$15,200) for the winners, B$10,000 (US$7,600) for the runner-up and B$5,000 (US$3,800) for joint third-place.


2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
Teams were divided into two groups, with the host nation able to choose which group to be placed in. The draw took place on 21 March with Brunei electing to choose Group A. Indonesia could not join due to the 2018 PSSI Anniversary Cup, while Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam are not participating due to tight football league schedules in their countries.


2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
Timor-Leste emerged as the champion after beating Cambodia by 1–0 in the final, while both Myanmar and Singapore shared the third place.


2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, Team statistics
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy squads
This article lists the team squads of the 2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy. As per tournament regulations, players must be born either on or after 1 January 1997 to be eligible, but each nation is allowed no more than three senior players in their delegation. These players are marked with an asterisk (*).


2018 Hastings County municipal elections
Elections were held in Hastings County, Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2018 Hastings County municipal elections, Hastings County Council
Hastings County Council consists of the mayors and reeves of the 14 constituent municipalities.


2018 Hastings Deering Colts season
The 2018 Hastings Deering Colts season was the 1st season of the under-20 competition, sponsored by Hastings Deering and run by the Queensland Rugby League. Replacing the National Rugby League's National Youth Competition, the draw and structure of the competition mirrored that of its senior counterpart, the Queensland Cup.


2018 Hastings Deering Colts season
Norths Devils were the inaugural premiers, defeating the Townsville Blackhawks in the Grand Final.


2018 Hastings Deering Colts season, Teams
The inaugural season of the Hastings Deering Colts featured 15 teams, thirteen based in Queensland, one in northern New South Wales and one in Victoria. 13 Queensland Cup teams fielded a side in the competition, with the two unaffiliated clubs being the Victoria Thunderbolts and Western Mustangs. Like their senior counterparts, each team was also affiliated with an NRL club.


2018 Hastings Deering Colts season, Regular season
Bold – Opposition's Home gameX – ByeOpponent for round listed above margin


2018 Hastings Deering Colts season, Player statistics
The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 24.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election
A by-election was held in Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency on 11 March 2018, with a second round on 18 March as no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was prompted after the Constitutional Council invalidated the election of Joël Aviragnet, candidate of the Socialist Party (PS), in the June 2017 legislative elections on 18 December 2017.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election
Aviragnet was re-elected by a massive margin in the second round rematch against Montsarrat, securing over 70% of valid votes and winning by a margin 40 points larger than in June 2017.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Background
Following the second round of the 2017 legislative election in Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency on 18 June, Michel Montsarrat, candidate of La République En Marche! defeated by 91 votes, filed an appeal with the Constitutional Council appealing the election of Joël Aviragnet of the Socialist Party (PS). Montsarrat questioned a number of irregularities, including those in several communes where Aviragnet multiplied his result in the second round.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Background
On 18 December, the constitutional council annulled the election of Aviragnet, considering the irregularities listed by Montserrat to have affected 4 votes given differences in signatures indicating that votes were not given by the voter in question, 1 vote in Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges and 10 votes in Montastruc-de-Salies given discrepancies between the number of ballots and signatures, and 64 votes in the only polling station in Gensac-de-Boulogne where article L. 68 of the electoral code, requiring the registration lists of every polling station and associated documents be transmitted along with the record of voting operations after the completion of voting, was not respected.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Background
Given these issues, and the small number of votes separating the two candidates, the constitutional council judged it appropriate to annul the result and call a by-election within the constituency. The first and second rounds of the by-election are scheduled for 11 and 18 March 2018, with candidacies to submitted between 12 and 16 February.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Background
Polling stations throughout the constituency will be open from 8:00 to 18:00 CET, with those in Saint-Gaudens open until 19:00 CET.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
Michel Montsarrat, a former rugby player for AS Béziers Hérault, later a restaurateur, and hotel manager living in Luchon, was once again invested as a candidate of La République En Marche!, supported by the nine deputies of the presidential party in the department. On 30 January, the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) decided to back Montsarrat in the by-election, breaking from the party's historical alliance with the right.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
The initial campaign of Montsarrat was considered lethargic, and was perturbed by the apparent theft of the laptop of his campaign director on 25 January, adding to existing frustration with his campaign management. Montsarrat was castigated early on over the potential closure of the court of Saint-Gaudens, and later over the invitation of Montsarrat to a visit by Laura Flessel as a "deputy for Haute-Garonne" on a published list of invitees.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
On 9 January, justice minister Nicole Belloubet visited the constituency in support of Montsarrat, the first of a series of ministers to visit the constituency to campaign, followed by Minister of Territorial Cohesion Jacques Mézard on 12 February, government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux on 15 February, and finally Christophe Castaner on 2 March. Castaner held a second public meeting, this time alongside Genevieve Darrieussecq, on 3 March, and Jean-Michel Blanquer and Gérard Collomb traveled to the constituency on 9 March. Local elected supporters, including deputy Mickaël Nogal and mayor of Rieumes Jennifer Courtois-Périssé, attended a public meeting with Montsarrat on 23 February.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
Joël Aviragnet, a specialized educator, and Socialist Party (PS) mayor of Encausse-les-Thermes, also received the renewed support of his party, and was backed by Carole Delga, president of the regional council of Occitanie, who selected him as a substitute, with Aviragnet occupying her seat in the National Assembly from July 2014 to July 2015. Socialist deputy Valérie Rabault appeared at a public meeting on 20 February to back Aviragnet, who also benefited from the strength of local party activists.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
Henri Nayrou, president of the departmental council of Ariège, attended a public meeting with Aviragnet, who was later joined not only by Delga, but also by Georges Méric, president of the departmental council of Haute-Garonne, at a public meeting on 7 March. Over the course of the campaign, Aviragnet visited all 283 communes in the constituency. Marie-Claire Uchan, like Aviragnet, is a mayor, presiding over Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, and in a statement, almost 150 mayors in the constituency called upon voters to support Aviragnet.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
The movement Bastir Occitanie, which presented Jérôme Piques as its candidate in June 2017, decided to back Aviragnet in the by-election. Aviragnet held another public meeting with Delga and Méric on 14 March, and received the support of the French Communist Party (PCF) in the second round, as well as that of Génération.s, the movement of Benoît Hamon.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
Philippe Gimenez, a financial comptroller, also returned to the field with the investiture of La France Insoumise. On 15 February, deputy François Ruffin toured the constituency in support of Gimenez, followed by a public meeting with Jean-Luc Mélenchon on 21 February, which was attended by nearly a thousand people. On 2 March, Liêm Hoang-Ngoc attended two public meetings with Gimenez, was joined by Clémentine Autain on 3 March, and followed by Caroline Fiat on 4 March. Deputy Alexis Corbière then visited on 6 and 7 March to campaign in support of Gimenez.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
The selection of a candidate of The Republicans (LR) proved more difficult. Though Jennifer Courtois-Périssé, regional councillor and mayor of Rieumes, was considered the natural candidate in the constituency, she left the party to join La République En Marche!, in which she held a national leadership position. Party members then sought president of the LR regional federation and former deputy Laurence Arribagé to run in the by-election, but were rebuked.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
However, recently elected president of the party Laurent Wauquiez made clear his desire to present a candidate in the constituency, and his entourage sought to bypass the regional federation in the investiture process. Philippe Maurin, a 63-year-old resident of Luchon who served as deputy mayor of Montauban under Brigitte Barèges from 2008 to 2014, was ultimately selected as the party's candidate on 16 January. On 6 March, Christian Jacob, president of The Republicans group in the National Assembly, traveled to the constituency to offer his backing to the candidacy of Maurin.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
The National Front (FN) also declared its intent to present a candidate within the constituency, with regional councillor Marie-Christine Parolin, an administrative agent, again invested by the party. After a public meeting with deputy Gilbert Collard on 28 January, she appeared alongside party president Marine Le Pen and deputy Louis Aliot on 3 March.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
Corinne Marquerie, a retired educator, also returned as the candidate of the PCF, and was joined by Member of the European Parliament Marie-Pierre Vieu at a public meeting on 1 March. On 1 February, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, president of Debout la France, presented 49-year-old former LR member Sébastien Broucke, a principal education adviser from Saint-Gaudens, as the party's candidate, with the party's candidate in June, Laure Gonzalez, initially selected as his substitute; however, Gonzalez withdrew for personal reasons, and was replaced by campaign coordinator Jean-Claude Bringuier.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
Mayor of Ore Hervé Minec stood as the candidate of the Popular Republican Union (UPR), with party president François Asselineau visiting in support. Marie-Cécile Seigle-Vatte, a retired professor of economics and management, stood for Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV). Starting in 1983, she served several mandates as a municipal councillor, including in Fonsorbes, Saint-Denis de la Réunion, and Agassac. A member of the party's federal council and regional executive office, she received the support of Julien Bayou, national spokesman for the EELV, in a visit to the constituency on 1 March. Martine Guiraud, a laboratory technician, stood for Lutte Ouvrière (LO), and Francis Meynier for the European Alliance for Peace, Prosperity, Sharing.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
The campaign centered around the themes of rurality and agriculture in the Comminges region, the preservation of public services (including the threatened closure of the court in Saint-Gaudens, and issues of transport, access to digital and medical services, and housing. Candidates also discussed the reopening of the Montréjeau–Luchon railway line, restoration of ski stations (including the planned restoration of the Luchon gondola), and installation of telephone towers in isolated municipalities.


2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election, Candidates and campaign
Before the first round, Gimenez proposed a public debate against Montsarrat; though the latter suggested that it was "healthy to debate", he postponed making a decision until after returning from the Paris International Agricultural Show. He ultimately declined, and indicated that while he was open to the idea, he believed that the proposal was not made in good faith, viewing the exclusion of the PS candidate as an effort to claim the flag of the "true anti-Macron opposition". On 14 March, 100% Radio, ViàOccitanie, and La Dépêche du Midi hosted a debate moderated by Olivier Roirand and Brice Vidal between Aviragnet and Montsarrat from 19:00 to 20:00 CET.


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


2018 Havant Borough Council election, Results
The Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats all won seats this election, with the Conservatives gaining two of UKIP's four seats; the Conservatives won 13 of the 15 seats up for election, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats holding one seat each which was up for election; two seats in Hayling West were up for election.


2018 Havering London Borough Council election
The 2018 Havering London Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in Greater London. Elections were held for all 54 seats on the council. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2018 Havering London Borough Council election, Summary of results
The Conservative Party gained three seats, increasing its number of councillors to 25. It consolidated its position as the largest group on the council, but did not gain overall control.


2018 Havering London Borough Council election, Summary of results
Havering Residents Association lost two seats, reducing its number of councillors to 17. However, it remained the second largest party on the council. Of its 17 councillors, eight represent Hornchurch Residents' Association, six Upminster and Cranham Residents' Association and three Harold Wood Hill Park Residents Association.


2018 Havering London Borough Council election, Summary of results
The Labour Party gained four seats, increasing its number of councillors to five. It is now the third largest party on the council.


2018 Havering London Borough Council election, Summary of results
Rainham and Wennington Independent Residents Group held three seats and South Hornchurch Independent Residents Group held two. Together, they form the Independent Residents' Group. The Harold Hill Independent Party won one seat.


2018 Havering London Borough Council election, Summary of results
One independent candidate, Michael Deon-Burton, won a seat in South Hornchurch ward. However, shortly after being elected he joined the Conservative Party and was elected Deputy Mayor. Voters, councillors and defeated candidates protested the decision, and alleged that some other councillors who had been elected as Residents' Association candidates were now supporting the Conservative group.


2018 Havering London Borough Council election, Summary of results
The UK Independence Party lost all seven of its seats on the council.


2018 Hawaii Bowl
The 2018 Hawaii Bowl was a college football bowl game being played on December 22, 2018, in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was the 17th edition of the Hawaii Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. This was the first time since 2007 that the bowl was not played on Christmas Eve. Sponsored by the SoFi personal finance company, the game was officially called the SoFi Hawaii Bowl.


2018 Hawaii Bowl, Teams
The game was played between the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors of the Mountain West Conference and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs of Conference USA (C–USA). The teams had faced each other 10 times, with Hawaii holding an 8–2 lead in the series; both teams previously were members of the Western Athletic Conference.


2018 Hawaii Bowl, Teams
This was Louisiana Tech's first trip to the Hawaii Bowl; it was Hawaii's eighth time in this bowl.


2018 Hawaii Bowl, Teams, Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Hawaii secured a spot in the bowl with a win on November 17 over the UNLV Rebels, ending a four-game losing streak and assuring the Rainbow Warriors of a bowl-eligible winning record, as they reached 7–5 with one game left to play. Hawaii subsequently defeated the San Diego State Aztecs, ending the regular season with an 8–5 overall record, 5–3 in conference. The Rainbow Warriors' participation in the Hawaii Bowl was confirmed by bowl organizers on November 28.


2018 Hawaii Bowl, Teams, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Louisiana Tech announced their acceptance of a Hawaii Bowl bid on November 28. The Bulldogs compiled a 7–5 regular season record, 5–3 in conference.


2018 Hawaii House of Representatives election
The 2018 Hawaii House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Hawaii voters elected state representatives in all 51 state house districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the Hawaii House of Representatives.


2018 Hawaii House of Representatives election
A primary election on August 11, 2018 determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the State of Hawaii's Office of Elections website. A statewide map of Hawaii's state house districts can be obtained from the state's Office of Planning , and individual district maps can be obtained from the state's Office of Elections .


2018 Hawaii House of Representatives election
Following the 2016 state house elections, Democrats maintained effective control of the chamber with 45 members. Beth Fukumoto, former Republican Leader, switched parties and was accepted into the Democratic caucus on June 19, 2017. This increased the Democrats majority to 46 seats.


2018 Hawaii House of Representatives election
To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans would have needed to net 21 House seats. In the end, there was no net seat change, with Democrats maintaining 46 seats.


2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
The 2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rainbow Warriors played their home games at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. They competed in the West Division of the Mountain West Conference and were led by third-year head coach Nick Rolovich. They finished the season 8–6, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl where they lost to Louisiana Tech. The Rainbow Warriors clinched their first winning season since 2010 with a 31-30 overtime win at San Diego State, while also clinching a winning conference record in the process.


2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Previous season
The Rainbow Warriors finished the 2017 season 3–9, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division.


2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip, the Rainbow Warriors were predicted to finish in fifth place in the West Division.


2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Preseason All-Mountain West Team
The Rainbow Warriors had one player selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.


2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, Game summaries, Navy
Sophomore quarterback Cole McDonald was named Mountain West Offensive player of the week. He finished 30–41 for 428 yards and six touchdowns.


2018 Hawaii Senate election
The 2018 Hawaii Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Hawaii voters elected state senators in 13 of the state senate's 25 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Hawaii Senate.


2018 Hawaii Senate election
A primary election on August 11, 2018 determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the State of Hawaii's Office of Elections website. A statewide map of Hawaii's state Senate districts can be obtained from the state's Office of Planning , and individual district maps can be obtained from the state's Office of Elections .


2018 Hawaii Senate election
Following the 2016 state senate elections, Democrats gained complete control of the Senate, with all 25 members.


2018 Hawaii Senate election
To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to gain 13 senate seats; the Republicans only managed to gain one seat, but returned to having a presence in the chamber after being shut out in the 2016 elections.


2018 Hawaii earthquake
On May 4, 2018, an earthquake with a magnitude of Mw 6.9 struck Hawaii island in the Hawaii archipelago at around 12:33 p.m. local time. The earthquake's epicenter was near the south flank of Kīlauea, which has been the site of seismic and volcanic activity since late April of that year. According to the United States Geological Survey the quake was related to the new lava outbreaks at the volcano, and it resulted in the Hilina Slump moving about two feet. It was the largest earthquake to affect Hawaii since the 1975 earthquake, which affected the same region, killing two people and injuring another 28.


2018 Hawaii earthquake
The earthquake had a maximum strength on the Mercalli intensity scale of VIII (Severe). The earthquake was preceded by a smaller event, measuring 5.4, that was felt across the island and as far away as Oahu.


2018 Hawaii earthquake
The earthquake produced a minor tsunami that reached a maximum height of 40 cm (15.7 in.) in Kapoho, 20 cm (7.9 in.) in Hilo and 15 cm (5.9 in.) in Honuapo.


2018 Hawaii earthquake, Tectonic setting
Hawaii island is affected by a large number of minor earthquakes related to the movement of magma beneath its active volcanoes. Additionally there are less frequent tectonic earthquakes that are caused either by faulting within the volcanoes or by slip along the basal detachment surface at the top of the oceanic crust associated with the gradual collapse of the island's flanks as it continues to be enlarged. Near Kilauea volcano, the largest structure formed by the collapse of the southeastern flank of the island is the Hilina slump. This slump moves seaward at an average rate of 10 cm/year (3.9 in/year). The slump moved during the May 4 earthquake by about 0.6 m (2.0 ft) and has moved during previous earthquakes, such as those in 1868 and 1975.


2018 Hawaii earthquake, Earthquake
The main earthquake was preceded almost exactly an hour earlier by a Mw  5.4 foreshock with a similar epicenter and focal mechanism. Analysis of seismic waveforms suggest that the mainshock was most likely caused by slip on a thrust fault dipping at 20° to the northwest beneath the southeastern flank of the volcano. The mainshock was followed by four aftershocks greater than Mw  4.5 over the next 30 minutes. Smaller aftershock continued to occur for months after the main earthquake.


2018 Hawaii earthquake, Earthquake
Further analysis of Love waves, whose radiation pattern gives a greater discrimination on low-angle dips, indicate that the rupture occurred on a plane dipping at about 7°, consistent with it happening at the base of the Hawaiian volcanic rocks, where they overly sedimentary rocks on the earlier seafloor. The calculated low rupture speed is also consistent with propagation along a relatively weak zone. This would make it similar to the 1975 Kalapana earthquake.


2018 Hawaii earthquake, Damage
The quake damaged many buildings, caused landslides that damaged shorelines, and caused cracks in a road, causing it to be shut down.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert
On the morning of Saturday, January 13, 2018, a ballistic missile alert was accidentally issued via the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alert System over television, radio, and cellphones in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The alert stated that there was an incoming ballistic missile threat to Hawaii, advised residents to seek shelter, and concluded: "This is not a drill". The message was sent at 8:07 a.m. local time. Civil defense outdoor warning sirens were not authorized by the state.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert
Thirty-eight minutes and 13 seconds later, state officials blamed a miscommunication during a drill at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency for the first message. Governor David Ige publicly apologized for the erroneous alert. The Federal Communications Commission and the Hawaii House of Representatives launched investigations into the incident, leading to the resignation of the state's emergency management administrator.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Background
Escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, including threats by both countries that they could use nuclear weapons against one another, prompted a heightened state of readiness in Hawaii. North Korea had conducted several intercontinental ballistic missile tests over the past year, most recently in November 2017, enhancing its strike capabilities. It is possible that North Korea may have the capability to deliver nuclear missiles to Hawaii. Hawaii is located roughly 4,600 miles (7,400 km) from North Korea, and a missile launched from North Korea would leave perhaps 12 to 15 minutes of warning time.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Background
Hawaii officials had been working for some time to refresh the state's emergency plans in case of a nuclear attack from North Korea. An October 2017 email from the University of Hawaii to students with the subject line "In the event of a nuclear attack", containing instructions from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency on how to react in case of a nuclear attack, caused controversy; a university spokesman ultimately apologized for "any needless concern it may have caused".


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Background
Testing of the civil defense warning sirens and attack drills were also conducted in the state on the first business day of the month beginning in December 2017. On December 1, 2017, a nuclear threat siren was tested in Hawaii for the first time in more than 30 years, the first of what state officials said would be monthly drills.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Background
At 11:45 a.m. on January 2, 2018, the state conducted its monthly test of the civil defense outdoor warning siren system including the sounding of a one-minute Attention Alert Signal (Steady Tone) followed by a one-minute Attack Warning Signal (Wailing Tone). There was no exercise or drill accompanying the test. Prior to January 13, 2018, 26 drills had been conducted. Vern Miyagi, the administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, explained that state leaders "couldn't ignore these constant threats and missile tests from North Korea" and felt the need to prepare residents for the possibility of an attack. Officials also outlined what would happen if an emergency alert were sent: a push alert to smartphones and a message interrupting television and radio broadcasts.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Background
Earlier in January 2018, U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said the commission planned to vote to overhaul the wireless emergency alert system. The proposed reforms include providing more detailed information in alerts and confining emergency notifications to a more specific geographic area. Pai said he hoped the reforms, which would take effect in late 2019 if approved by the FCC, would lead to greater use of the alert system in local emergency situations and prompt people to take alerts they receive more seriously.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, The alert
The alert was sent at 8:07 a.m. Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time. People in Hawaii reported seeing the alert on their smartphones. Many screenshots of the push alert were shared on social media platforms, such as Twitter. The alert read, in all capital letters:


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, The alert
BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, The alert
Local television broadcasts, including a college basketball game between Florida and Ole Miss being shown on CBS affiliate KGMB and a Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton on NBC affiliate KHNL were also interrupted by a similar alert message, broadcast as a Civil Danger Warning. The alert message on television broadcasts took the form of both an audio message and a scrolling banner. It stated in part:


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, The alert
The U.S. Pacific Command has detected a missile threat to Hawaii. A missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. If you are indoors, stay indoors. If you are outdoors, seek immediate shelter in a building. Remain indoors well away from windows. If you are driving, pull safely to the side of the road and seek shelter in a building or lay on the floor. We will announce when the threat has ended. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Take immediate action measures.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, The alert
An alert message also interrupted radio broadcasts in the state. In Lihue, a resident reported hearing a message on the radio advising of "an incoming missile warning for the islands of Kauai and Hawaii".


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, The alert
Culpability for the false alert was attributed to an employee at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, who officials said was a 10-year agency veteran who had previously exhibited behavior that had troubled coworkers, according to The Washington Post. Vern Miyagi, then-administrator of HI-EMA, said the alert had been inadvertently triggered by the employee as he was working at the Diamond Head Crater headquarters during a shift change. During the shift change, a supervisor ran an unscheduled drill in which he contacted emergency management workers in the guise of an officer from U.S. Pacific Command, according to state officials. The supervisor deviated from the script, officials said, erroneously stating at one point, "This is not a drill", although he reportedly did state before and after the message, "Exercise, exercise, exercise", agency code to indicate a test rather than an actual emergency.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, The alert
Officials said that upon hearing the supervisor's statement, the employee, who had "confused real-life events and drills" at least twice before believed there was an actual emergency, and he later attested to this in a written statement. In an interview with NBC News, the employee shared that he was, "100 percent sure that it was the right decision and that it was real". The man went on to state that he is not to blame for the incident, that overall it was a system failure, and that he did exactly what he was trained to do.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, The alert
He clicked the button to send out an actual notification on Hawaii's emergency alert interface during what was intended to be a test of the state's ballistic missile preparations computer program and then clicked through a second screen, which had been intended as a safeguard, to confirm. An agency spokesman told The Washington Post that the employee was prompted to choose between the options "test missile alert" and "missile alert", had selected the latter, initiating the alert sent out across the state.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, The alert
The employee later claimed to the Associated Press that he had not heard the "exercise" part of the phone call because a co-worker had placed it on speakerphone partway into the message, and as a result, he had been "100 percent sure" the attack was real. State officials said five other workers were present at the agency at the time and all of them recognized the phone call as an impromptu drill. Since this incident, the employee responsible has received numerous death threats and has expressed on multiple occasions his apologies.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, State response
By 8:10 a.m. HST, three minutes after the first alert, Hawaii National Guard Adjutant General Arthur "Joe" Logan had contacted U.S. Pacific Command and confirmed there had been no missile launch. At that time, the Honolulu Police Department was notified that the alert had been a false alarm. Officials used the State Warning Point system at 8:13 a.m. to cancel the alert, preventing it from being sent out to any phones that had not already received it, such as those that were switched off or did not have reception.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, State response
The employee who originally sent out the erroneous notification did not respond when directed to cancel the alert, according to state officials. He later said he felt like he had been dealt a "body blow" upon realizing the supposed attack had been a drill, the Associated Press reported. Another unidentified worker grabbed the employee's computer mouse and canceled the alert when the first employee failed to respond.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, State response
Official messages refuting the emergency alert were not sent out until 8:20 a.m., according to the timeline released by officials after the incident. Hawaii Emergency Management Agency accounts on Facebook and Twitter posted messages at that time urging people to disregard the erroneous alert. Minutes later, Governor David Ige retweeted the HI-EMA message on Twitter and posted a similar message on Facebook to notify followers that the alert had been canceled. Ige later said the delay was caused in part by the fact he did not know his Twitter login information. An email from the state was also sent at about 8:25 a.m. advising that the initial alert was not correct, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, State response
Electronic highway signs were also used to spread the word that the alert had been issued "in error" and that there was no threat to Hawaii.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, State response, Second alert
At 8:45 a.m. HST, 38 minutes after the initial alert was sent to smartphones in Hawaii, a second emergency alert was sent, which stated:


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, State response, Second alert
There is no missile threat or danger to the State of Hawaii. Repeat. False Alarm.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, State response, Second alert
The second alert was sent "well after everyone from Hawaii's congressional delegation to the U.S. Pacific Command had assured the world on Twitter that it was a false alarm", Pacific Business News remarked.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, State response, Second alert
Governor David Ige explained at a news conference that afternoon that officials "had to initiate a manual process" and obtain authorization from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in order to send the second alert because there was no automated way to countermand the first alert. Those procedures accounted for the delay more than 30 minutes after officials had confirmed internally that the alert was inaccurate, according to officials.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, Effects
During the 38 minutes between the first and second alerts, Hawaii's siren warning system—which had been tested as part of a missile preparedness exercise the previous month for the first time since the Cold War—was not formally activated. Had a missile truly been launched, the Hawaii push alert should have been followed up with another set of alarms with sirens, which did not happen, as observed by some residents. Nevertheless, officials stated that some sirens did appear to go off in some communities, with some residents reporting sirens activated on Oahu a few minutes after the push notification. Little to no activity was reported at military bases in the state. Some commercial flights were reportedly delayed for a short time, although the Hawaii Department of Transportation said there were no widespread impacts at the state's airports and harbors.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, Effects
Disruptions were reported across the state. Honolulu Civil Beat reported that motorists parked inside the Interstate H-3 tunnel on the island of Oahu for shelter. Hawaii News Now reported that alarms sounded at Aloha Gymfest, an international gymnastics meet in Kailua, sending hundreds of people running for cover. Students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa reportedly headed for marked fallout shelters on campus but, finding them locked, ended up taking shelter in nearby classrooms instead.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, Effects
Officials at the Sony Open PGA Tour golf tournament on Oahu ordered an evacuation of the media center, while staff members sought cover in the kitchen and players' locker room. Tourists at Kualoa Ranch in Kaneohe were taken up to Battery Cooper Bunker by staff, a concrete bunker built in the mountains during WW2 as part of former Kualoa Airfield, and told to shelter in place there. Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa later said her husband had been driving on a Honolulu-area freeway and saw cars speeding at up to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) after the alert was sent out.


2018 Hawaii false missile alert, Incident, Effects
Many Hawaii residents and visitors sought shelter or rushed through emergency preparations where they were. Some discounted the alarm when they realized that they heard no sirens, and that they personally saw no immediate coverage on television or local radio. Others were in areas where sirens did go off; in addition, some television stations did broadcast the alert.