2018 Mesterfinalen
The 2018 Mesterfinalen was the second edition of Mesterfinalen and the 4th Norwegian super cup overall. Mesterfinalen is the annual game between the League champions and the Cup champions in Norway, or the second-placed team in Eliteserien if the same team are both reigning League and Cup champions. The final was played on 26 April between league champions and defending Mesterfinalen champions Rosenborg and the Cup champions Lillestrøm. The match was due to be played 5 March, but due to weather conditions it was moved to 26 April.


2018 Mesterfinalen
Rosenborg won the final with the score 0–1. After a goalless first half, Nicklas Bendtner scored the winning goal in the 52nd minute.


2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23–26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament, which was at Richmond County Bank Ballpark in Staten Island, New York. As tournament champion, Canisius earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top six teams were seeded one through six based on their conference winning percentage. They then played a double-elimination tournament.


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is the 44th edition of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival held in Metro Manila and throughout the Philippines. It is organized by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). During the festival, no foreign films are shown in Philippine theaters (except IMAX and 4D theaters).


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival, Entries, Official entries
The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) Executive Committee announced four of the eight official entries in June 2018. The first four films were selected based from the script submission. On October 9, the last four films were announced by the MMFF Selection Committee headed by National Artist for Literature, Bienvenido Lumbera. They are all finished films.


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival, Entries, Short films
A short film competition for students was organized as part of the film festival. A total of 123 entries were submitted with eight of them selected as finalists. The eight selected short films were screened alongside the official eight full-length films during the whole official run of the film festival.


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival, Parade of Stars
Parañaque was selected as the host city of the launch of the metropolis-wide film festival in March 2018 by the MMFF Executive Committee. The hosting coincides with the 20th anniversary of Parañaque's conversion into a city.


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival, Parade of Stars
The traditional Parade of Stars which featured floats of the film festival's eight entries took place in Parañaque on December 23, 2018 and was planned to traverse a route measuring 12.3 km (7.6 mi). The parade began near Shopwise Santana Grove in Sucat, where an estimated crowd of 300,000 waited for the start of the event, and ended on Bradco Avenue. The parade route also included Dr. A. Santos Avenue, V. Medina Avenue, Quirino Avenue, NAIA Road, and Macapagal Boulevard. The Parañaque Traffic and Parking Management Office closed a significant portion of Dr. A. Santos Avenue starting from Sta.


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival, Parade of Stars
Rita Avenue from vehicular traffic beginning of noon of the day of the parade with assembly and preparation of the event scheduled to begin at 1pm. The normally eastbound lanes of Dr. A. Santos Avenue from Soreena to Kabihasnan, eastbound lanes of NAIA Road from Quirino Avenue to Macapagal Boulevard, and southbound lanes of Macapagal Boulevard from NAIA Road to Bradco Avenue were also temporarily opened for counterflow in an effort to manage anticipated heavy traffic situation caused by the parade.


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival, Parade of Stars
Heavy rain disrupted the parade program causing delays with the floats stuck in mud at the starting point of the parade. Besides the float of the eight featured films of the MMFF, the parade was supposed to be joined by the floats of the Parañaque local government and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority but their vehicles were not reportedly present in the starting area. The float, featuring the film Fantastica, was the first float to leave the assembly area at 1:25 pm albeit without members of its cast. The Fantastica cast boarded their film's float vehicle an hour later.


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival, Parade of Stars
The Girl in the Orange Dress float followed Fantastica's float with Jericho Rosales and Jessy Mendiola. By 3:30 pm, only three out of eight floats has managed to get out of the mud with One Great Love joining the vehicles of Fantastica and Girl in the Orange Dress. The float of Mary, Marry Me was the fourth and final vehicle able to join the parade.


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival, Parade of Stars
The Jack Em Popoy cast opted to leave their float behind and boarded a truck instead. The cast of Otlum and Rainbow’s Sunset also did the same and boarded another vehicle while the cast of Aurora left their float but Anne Curtis is using her own van to head straight to Aseana where the parade ended.


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival, Parade of Stars
At least two million were estimated to have witnessed the event live.


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival, Awards
The Gabi ng Parangal (transl. Awards Night) of the 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival was held at The Theatre at Solaire in Parañaque on December 27, 2018. The awards night was hosted by Janno Gibbs, Mark Bautista, and Niña Dolino.


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival, Awards
Christopher de Leon, Gina Alajar and Joanna Ampil are the new members of the MMFF jury for the 2018 edition of the film festival.


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival, Awards, Major awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). Nominations are also listed if applicable.


2018 Metro Manila Film Festival, Box office gross
On January 8, 2019, a day after the official run of the 2018 MMFF concluded, the Metro Manila Development Authority announced that 2018 MMFF recorded the highest ever box office gross in the whole history of the film festival earning a total ₱1.060 billion. The previous record was held by the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival which earned ₱10 million less than the 2018 edition. On January 10, 2019 it was announced that the top four grossing films (in no particular order) were: Aurora, Fantastica, Jack Em Popoy, and Mary, Marry Me. By that time only Aurora has publicly released its earnings. According to Cinema Bravo, Aurora grossed ₱107 million


2018 Mexican Grand Prix
The 2018 Mexican Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 October 2018 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. The race was the nineteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 20th running of the Mexican Grand Prix, and the 19th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950.


2018 Mexican Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 70-point lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. Vettel's team-mate, Kimi Räikkönen, was in third, a further 55 points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 66 points over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further 160 points behind in third place.


2018 Mexican Grand Prix
The race was won by Max Verstappen (his second win of the season), while Lewis Hamilton finished in fourth position, thereby taking his fifth Drivers' World Championship.


2018 Mexican Grand Prix
It was the last victory for Renault, until the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix as an engine supplier, although the engine was badged as TAG Heuer.


2018 Mexican Grand Prix, Qualifying
Daniel Ricciardo took pole position from teammate Verstappen and with Hamilton in third. As of September 2021, this is the most recent pole position for Ricciardo.


2018 Mexican Grand Prix, Race
Max Verstappen won the race after taking the lead on lap 1, his teammate Ricciardo bogged down badly at the start. The two Ferrari's of Vettel and Räikkönen completed the podium. Lewis Hamilton's fourth-place finish was enough for him to claim the 2018 World Drivers Championship with two rounds to go. Pole sitter Ricciardo retired on lap 61, his eighth retirement of the year. Nico Hülkenberg finished a fine 6th place ahead of Charles Leclerc, while Stoffel Vandoorne equalled his best finish of the season in 8th place.


2018 Mexican Grand Prix, Race, Post race
In the immediate aftermath of the race Ricciardo said his car was cursed and said that he "didn't see the point" in doing the final two races of the season.


2018 Mexican general election
General elections were held in Mexico on 1 July 2018. Voters elected a new President of Mexico to serve a six-year term, 128 members of the Senate for a period of six years and 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies for a period of three years. It was one of the largest election days in Mexican history, with most of the nation's states holding state and local elections on the same day, including nine governorships, with over 3,400 positions subject to elections at all levels of government. It was the most violent campaign Mexico has experienced in recent history, with 130 political figures killed since September 2017.


2018 Mexican general election
The incumbent president Enrique Peña Nieto was not constitutionally eligible for a second term. Incumbent members of the legislature were term-limited, thus all members of Congress were newly elected. As a consequence of the political reform of 2014, the members of the legislature elected in this election will be the first allowed to run for reelection in subsequent elections. The National Electoral Institute (INE) officially declared the new process underway on 8 September 2017.


2018 Mexican general election
The presidential election was won, by a landslide margin of almost 31 points, by Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), running as the candidate of the Juntos Haremos Historia alliance. This is the first time a candidate won an outright majority (according to official vote counts) since 1988, and the first time that a candidate not from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) or its predecessors has done so since the Mexican Revolution.


2018 Mexican general election
In addition, it was the first time an alliance of political parties (excluding PRI) backing a single presidential candidate won majorities in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. This election also marked both the worst electoral defeat suffered by the PRI and the worst electoral defeat for a sitting Mexican government since universal suffrage was adopted in the country in 1917.


2018 Mexican general election, Electoral system
The country's president is elected by plurality in a single round of voting.


2018 Mexican general election, Electoral system
The 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected to three-year terms by two methods; 300 are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with the remaining 200 elected from five regional constituencies by proportional representation, with seats allocated using the simple quotient and largest remainder method. No party is allowed to hold more than 300 seats. Members may hold office for up to four consecutive terms.


2018 Mexican general election, Electoral system
The 128 members of the Senate are elected to six-year terms, concurrent with the president, and also elected by two methods, with 96 elected in 32 three-member constituencies based on the states and 32 elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation. In the three-member constituencies, two winning candidates shall be allocated to the party receiving the highest number of votes and one seat to the party receiving the second-highest number of votes. Members may hold office for up to two terms.


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Por México al Frente
Por México al Frente (English: "For Mexico to the Front") is the alliance of the center-right National Action Party (PAN) and the center-left Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and Citizens' Movement (which both nominated Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the elections of 2006 and 2012) formed in an effort to defeat both the ruling party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), and the front-runner Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA).


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Por México al Frente
On 5 September, the electoral alliance was officially registered with the INE as Frente Ciudadano por México (Citizen Front for Mexico). On 8 December the coalition changed its name to Por México al Frente (Mexico to the Front). The next day, Ricardo Anaya Cortés, president of the PAN, resigned from his position and expressed his intent to be the alliance's candidate.


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Por México al Frente
The former first lady Margarita Zavala submitted her resignation from the PAN on 6 October, after being a member for 33 years, and registered as an independent candidate six days later. She sought the presidency through an independent bid, but withdrew on 16 May 2018.


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Todos por México
Todos por México (English: "Everyone for Mexico") is the coalition composed of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM), and the New Alliance Party (PANAL). On 9 August 2017, the PRI revised its requirements for presidential candidates, eliminating the requirement that candidates must have 10 years of party membership, and allowing non-party members to lead the party.


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Todos por México
This move benefited finance secretary José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, who is not a member of the PRI, as well as education secretary Aurelio Nuño Mayer, whose length of membership was questioned. Meade was considered the favorite, because while the PRI was dogged by scandal and controversy, Meade was personally unaffected.


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Todos por México
On 27 November, Meade resigned from cabinet and announced his intention to be the PRI's candidate in the upcoming election. He quickly received the support of President Peña Nieto and PRI-linked institutions such as the CTM union. With no challengers, Meade became the presumptive nominee. On 18 February 2018, the PRI held its convention of delegates, where Meade was formally selected as the party's presidential candidate. Meade is the PRI's first presidential candidate in its almost 90-year history not to be a member of the party.


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Todos por México
Due to the circumstances of Meade's candidacy, critics compared his selection to the PRI's historical practice of dedazo ("tap of the finger"), where presidents hand-picked their successor.


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Todos por México
The coalition was initially named Meade Ciudadano por México (English: Citizen Meade for Mexico), until the INE deemed it unconstitutional to include a candidate's name within the coalition's name, on the grounds that the presidential candidate would receive advertising from every piece of campaign advertising of the coalition used for local candidates. The coalition subsequently changed its name to Todos por México (Everyone for Mexico).


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Juntos Haremos Historia
Juntos Haremos Historia (English: "Together We Will Make History") is the coalition composed of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), the Labor Party (PT), and the Social Encounter Party (PES).


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Juntos Haremos Historia
On 12 December Andrés Manuel López Obrador registered as the presumptive nominee for MORENA and submitted his resignation as party president. This is López Obrador's third presidential bid; the previous two attempts were with the PRD. After the 2012 presidential election, López Obrador left the PRD to found MORENA. This is MORENA's first presidential election. Joining MORENA in the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition is the left-wing Labor Party and the right-wing Social Encounter Party.


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Independents
For the first time in Mexico's modern democratic history, candidates were allowed to run for the presidency as independents. Several people announced their intention to contest the election as an independent candidate.


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Independents
Margarita Zavala, a lawyer, former deputy and wife of former president Felipe Calderón, had originally intended to run as the PAN nominee; however, on 6 October, she left the party and launched an independent bid. Explaining her decision, she said that the formation of Por México al Frente meant there would be no internal PAN selection, denying her a chance to be a candidate. Jaime Rodríguez Calderón, the independent governor of Nuevo León, also announced his candidacy, as did Senator Armando Ríos Piter.


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Independents
The National Indigenous Congress announced on 28 May 2017 the election of María de Jesús Patricio Martínez as their spokeswoman and indigenous representative for the 2018 general election, aiming to obtain an independent candidacy. Only Zavala gathered enough signatures to appear on the ballot; however, on 10 April the Electoral Court accepted an appeal from Rodríguez and ordered the National Electoral Institute to register him as candidate.


2018 Mexican general election, Presidential candidates, Independents
On 16 May Zavala announced she was withdrawing her candidacy.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, January
As in the 2006 and 2012 federal elections, the 2018 campaign featured numerous accusations and attack advertisements directed at the leftist frontrunner candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who contested the elections with the support of his party MORENA. A campaign described as "Red Scare-like" was used by the PRI and PAN candidates to convince voters that a López Obrador victory would turn Mexico into "another Venezuela".


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, January
In a speech, PRI president Enrique Ochoa Reza said that "if the people from MORENA like Venezuela so much, they should just go and live there". The PRI was believed to have hired Venezuelan right-wing political strategist JJ Rendón to work in their campaign, as he stated in January that he would do "everything within the law to prevent López Obrador from becoming President"; Rendón had previously worked for the PRI during Peña Nieto's 2012 presidential campaign.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, January
In January, former president Felipe Calderón shared a video on via social media, in which a Venezuelan citizen living in Mexico warned voters not to vote for López Obrador, as he would put Mexico in the "path to ruin" like Chavismo had done in her country. It later surfaced that the woman, whose name is Carmen Martilez, is an actress who previously had uploaded a video in which she asked for street vendors to be "exterminated".


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, January
That same month, the PRI began to claim that López Obrador's campaign was supported by "Venezuelan and Russian interests". López Obrador dismissed the accusations and later joked about them, calling himself "Andrés Manuelovich".


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, January
Later in January, citizens across the country received phone calls originating in the city of Puebla, in which a recorded message warned them not to vote for López Obrador because he supposedly agreed to sell Mexico's oil to "the Russians". The MORENA representative in Puebla asked for an investigation into the phone calls. In March, telephone company Axtel traced the number that made the calls, revealing it was a number that the government of Puebla (whose governor is from the PAN) controlled. Puebla's government denied the accusations. Also in January, López Obrador uploaded a video via social media asking president Peña Nieto and PRI president Ochoa Reza to "calm down", and advised them to take some "López Obradordipine".


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, January
A jingle entitled Movimiento Naranja, which was recorded for the political party Movimiento Ciudadano (which is part of the Por México al Frente coalition, along with the PAN and the PRD) and performed by an indigenous child called Yuawi, became popular and Yuawi turned into a celebrity overnight. Drawing on its success, the pre-candidate for the Frente, Ricardo Anaya recorded a video in which he performed the song with Yuawi.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, January
PRI candidate José Antonio Meade was accused of plagiarism when it was noted that one of his ads, in which he criticized a "populist" speech on TV, was identical to an ad that was used by Justin Trudeau when he became leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 2013.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, February
Later in February, the PRI's Enrique Ochoa Reza tweeted that PRI politicians who defected to MORENA as Prietos que no aprietan (Dark-skinned people who can't get a hold) while trying to make a pun on the word PRI-etos (because morena is a synonym for prieto). The expression was criticized, and Ochoa Reza quickly deleted the tweet as it was interpreted to be racist.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, February
Aristegui Noticias published that Ochoa Reza apologized, and also criticized the insensitive expression, additionally commenting that the part que ya no aprietan (who cannot hold) could also be interpreted as misogynistic due to being a double entendre referring to women in relation to the number of sexual relations they have had in their lifetime. Ochoa Reza's tweet apologized to dark-skinned people but not to women. Later Sinembargo.mx revealed that José Antonio Meade justified Enrique Ochoa's usage of the expression, by saying: uno se excede y es natural (English: one gets-ahead-of-themselves and it is natural) and saying that his quick apology talked positively about him.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, March
In March, the Attorney General of the Republic (PGR) started an official investigation into money-laundering allegations against Ricardo Anaya. During the investigation, Santiago Nieto, the ex-chief of FEPADE (the prosecutor's office that focuses on electoral violations) was controversially removed from his job in October 2017, coincidentally right after starting an investigation regarding illicit campaign money from the 2012 presidential campaign that allegedly was received by Peña Nieto and by the future president of Pemex, Emilio Lozoya, from the Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, March
The ex-chief of FEPADE said that the accusations against Anaya were minor in comparison to Odebretch and Peña Nieto scandal, adding also the same opinion about the money lost by Secretariat of Social Development, to corrupt governors from the PRI such as Javier Duarte, all while José Antonio Meade was the man in charge of the Secretariat of Social Development. The scandal is known as La Estafa Maestra (The Master Robbery), and about 435 million pesos were lost.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, March
The same week the PRI legislators were criticized for voting for stopping the investigation of Odebretch against the wishes of Mexican people and organizations campaigning against corruption such as Mexicanos contra la corrupción (Mexicans against corruption). The investigation about Odebretch against the Pemex leader at the time, Lozoya, was legally stopped after a judge controversially ordered it days after.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, March
Santiago Nieto said that the PGR was being used by Peña Nieto's government to tamper with elections and benefit Meade by removing Anaya from the race, complaining that it was a politically motivated use of law-enforcement agencies, which had made more efforts to investigate Anaya in a month than towards investigating Peña Nieto's Odebretch money and Meade's lost Secretariat of Social Development funds over the last six years. Santiago Nieto said the PGR and FEPADE were only attacking the rivals of the PRI, and the investigating organizations were not being neutral.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, March
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Santiago Nieto would later reveal that Peña Nieto's government tried to bribe him to keep him silent, which he refused saying, "Sorry, but I can't receive any money from Peña Nieto." He received menacing phone messages stating: "Death follows you" and "Words of advice: stay out of Trouble", and as a consequence, he feared for the safety of his, and his family's lives.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, March
Additionally as of 2018, many of the politicians of the PRI political party who supported Peña Nieto during his presidential campaign would be later declared criminals by the Mexican government (some already elected, while others were campaigning concurrently with Peña Nieto, and would be elected), near the end of Peña Nieto's time as president.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, March
A total of 22 state ex-governors, all members from the PRI, were accused of misuse of public funds and misdirection of money (with some money speculated to have been directed to the PRI); only five were sent to jail, with PGR receiving criticism for not investigating further. Among the most prominent criminals were: Tomás Yarrington from Tamaulipas (along his predecessor Eugenio Hernández Flores), Javier Duarte from Veracruz,César Duarte Jáquez from Chihuahua (no family relation between the two Duartes), and Roberto Borge from Quintana Roo, along their unknown multiple allies who enabled their corruption.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, March
Although Peña Nieto was not found to be their ally, by being part of the same political party, there were severely negative consequences to Peña Nieto's image as president, as well as of the PRI. Also, while not a member of the PRI at the time, Meade's image also received damage, because much of the money was lost while he was in charge of the Secretariat of Social Development, the government ministry that supervises the resources received by each state.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, March
Despite the overwhelming evidence against César Duarte, in March 2018 the PGR found him innocent of any crime. The successor governor Javier Corral from the PAN, who previously fought against the Televisa law, gave a similar opinion to Santiago Nieto, saying the PGR was being used to protect the allies of Peña Nieto and the PRI, and attack their rivals. López Obrador said that failure to take action against Duarte was one of the main reasons why Mexicans had lost their faith in the PRI, saying the few ex-governors that were declared criminals were only to a pretense of concern.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, April and May
After, Meade decided to change his strategy; and due to his poor reception, Ochoa Reza left his position as president of the PRI on 2 May.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, April and May
Santiago Nieto decided to join AMLO's campaign, with both promising to continue the investigation into the alleged scandal involving Peña Nieto, the PRI and Odebretch. Meanwhile, César Duarte disappeared before being incarcerated, and was subsequently declared a fugitive from justice by the PGR.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Timeline, April and May
More than 130 political figures were killed from when the campaign began in September 2017 until July 2018.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Promises and proposals
López Obrador promised to end many of the benefits received by ex-presidents, particularly the lifelong pension they receive. He added that he would redirect the money saved to be used to help senior citizens. Zavala said she would also attempt to end the practice, though she had not decided how to use the money saved, while Meade and Anaya said they would keep the practice going.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Promises and proposals
Anaya promised to implement a basic income for Mexican citizens, Anaya said Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman supported the idea. While well received, El Economista criticized how Anaya announced it, and called the idea populist.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Promises and proposals
Meade proposed to create an office that would track the unique needs of each individual citizen, in what he would call Registro Único de Necesidades de Cada Persona (Unique Register of the Necessities of Each Person). Citizens on social media mocked the idea as absurd and impossible to develop, comparing it to writing letters to Santa Claus or just plainly asking for miracles. Meade has supported Peña Nieto's energy reforms, saying that "everyone wins with the gasolinazo", and announcing that if he won he intended to continue it. López Obrador promised to end the gasolinazos by building two new fuel refineries, which would allow more petroleum to be processed into gasoline domestically, thus lowering the price by not outsourcing the refining to other countries.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Promises and proposals
Anaya promised to investigate and do everything to make sure President Peña Nieto is sent to jail for his aforementioned multiple presidential scandals, with López Obrador agreeing and suggesting to up the ante by also investigating every living former president.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Promises and proposals
On 26 January, López Obrador accused the International Monetary Fund of being an accomplice to corruption in Mexican politics and claimed that its policies are in part responsible for poverty, unemployment, and violence in the country. López Obrador promised that if he won the presidency, Mexico will follow "its own agenda".


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Promises and proposals
López Obrador called for a change in security strategy and offered the controversial proposal of giving amnesty for drug dealers as a way to combat the drug cartels.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Promises and proposals
During a debate in April, Rodríguez Calderón said "We have to cut off the hands of those who rob (in public service). It's that simple." He later explained that it was intended to be applied to both criminals and government functionaries involved in acts of corruption citing the application of this measure in Saudi Arabia as an example to reduce corruption and violence. Rodríguez Calderón was trending ahead of the other candidates on Twitter during the debate.


2018 Mexican general election, Campaigns, Promises and proposals
Rodríguez Calderón later proposed to bring back the death penalty (currently constitutionally abolished in Mexico and enforced for the last time in 1961) for drug traffickers, hijackers, infanticides and serial killers.


2018 Mexican general election, Controversies, Ballot access requirements
The candidate put forward by the National Indigenous Congress and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, María de Jesús Patricio Martínez (Marichuy), alleged that the process for collecting signatures to attain ballot access unfairly benefits the rich.


2018 Mexican general election, Controversies, Ballot access requirements
Marichuy said, "the INE made a list of telephone makes and models so that you must have at a minimum an Android 5.0 operating system or higher and so many hours to begin with the download of the applications in the devices, we find that the list is not true; we find brands that are not included in the list and of those that are included they don’t all work. The download is tedious and can take hours."


2018 Mexican general election, Controversies, Ballot access requirements
The INE declared each signature registration would take 4.3 minutes, but each actual signature registration has taken up to 16 hours, or more. ' With these "classist, racist and excluding measures," Marichuy said, you realize "that this electoral system is not made for those peoples below that govern ourselves and that the laws and institutions of the State are made for those above, for the capitalists and their corrupt political class, resulting in a big simulation." Ultimately she was not able to obtain ballot access.


2018 Mexican general election, Controversies, PRI payments to Cambridge Analytica
After the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, in April 2018, Forbes published information from the British news program Channel 4 News that had mentioned the existence of proof revealing ties between the PRI and Cambridge Analytica, suggesting a modus operandi similar to the one in the United States. The info said they worked together at least until January. An investigation was requested. The New York Times obtained the 57-page proposal of Cambridge Analytica's proposed collaboration strategy to benefit the PRI by hurting MORENA's candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador; the political party rejected the offer but still paid Cambridge Analytica to not help the other candidates.


2018 Mexican general election, Controversies, Allegations of foreign intervention
In April 2017, the US Secretary of Homeland Security, John F. Kelly, stated that the election of a left-wing president in Mexico "would not be good for America or Mexico". The statement was widely believed to be a reference to López Obrador, the leftist, frontrunner candidate, and created controversy in Mexico, as it seemed to be an attempt to influence the election against him.


2018 Mexican general election, Controversies, Allegations of foreign intervention
In December 2017, US National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster claimed that Russia had launched a campaign to "influence Mexico’s 2018 presidential election and stir up division", without defining the methods of the supposed meddling, or indicating which would be the candidate favored by the Kremlin. The Russian government has denied the claims. PRI president Enrique Ochoa Reza claimed that "Russian and Venezuelan interests" are supporting López Obrador's campaign.


2018 Mexican general election, Controversies, Allegations of foreign intervention
López Obrador responded that Ochoa's declarations are part of a smear campaign against him, and later posted a video via social media, where he joked about the claims and called himself "Andres Manuelovich".


2018 Mexican general election, Controversies, Allegations of foreign intervention
Guatemalan right-wing commentator Gloria Álvarez embarked on a tour through Mexico, calling López Obrador a "dangerous populist" and urging citizens not to vote for him. She was invited to a PAN legislators assembly on 31 January, where she criticized the alliance with the PRD, which she called "a party just like MORENA".


2018 Mexican general election, Controversies, Allegations of foreign intervention
US Senators Bob Menendez and Marco Rubio asked US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to "fight Russian meddling" in the Mexican elections. On 2 February during a summit in Mexico, Tillerson stated that Mexico should "beware the Russian interference". Dr. Tony Payan, director of the Mexico Center at Rice University noted that there was no evidence of actual Russian tampering in the Mexican electoral process, and considered the accusations "absurd" given that the Trump administration "will not admit Russia interfered in the US election".


2018 Mexican general election, Controversies, Possibility of election tampering
Bloomberg warned about the possibility of the PRI committing electoral fraud, with Tony Payan, director of the Mexico Center at Rice University's Baker Institute in Houston, United States, suggesting that both vote buyout and computer hackings were possible and citing irregularities in the 1988 electoral process. Bloomberg's article also suggested Meade could be receiving unfair help from the over-budget amounts of money spent on publicity by incumbent president Enrique Peña Nieto.


2018 Mexican general election, Controversies, Possibility of election tampering
Additionally, Meade spent more money on pre-campaign efforts than López Obrador and Anaya together, while failing to report where his funds came from; in contrast, López Obrador has attended the most events while spending the least money and successfully reported better than his rivals where he obtained the resources to pay for those events.


2018 Mexican general election, Controversies, Possibility of election tampering, Prior PRI election tampering controversies in 2017
During 2017, the PRI had faced allegations of electoral fraud concerning the election of Peña Nieto's cousin Alfredo del Mazo Maza as Governor of the state of Mexico. Despite the official vote results given by the INE (Electoral National Institute) giving the win to del Mazo, the election was marred by irregularities including reports of vote-buying, spending beyond legal campaign finance limits, and electoral counts that gave del Mazo extra votes that awarded the election to him. In November 2017, left-wing magazine Proceso published an article accusing the PRI of breaking at least 16 state laws during the elections, which were denounced 619 times. They said that all of them were broken in order to favor del Mazo during the election.


2018 Mexican general election, Results, President
López Obrador won the election on 1 July 2018 with over 50% of the popular vote. In terms of states won, López Obrador won in a landslide, carrying 30 out of 31 states plus Mexico City, the most federal entities won by a candidate since Ernesto Zedillo won every state in the 1994 election.


2018 Mexican general election, Results, President
Around 30 minutes after polls closed in the country's north-west, José Antonio Meade, speaking at a news conference from PRI headquarters, conceded defeat and wished López Obrador "every success".


2018 Mexican general election, Results, President
Ricardo Anaya also conceded defeat within an hour of the polls closing,and independent candidate Jaime Rodríguez Calderón recognized López Obrador's victory shortly afterward.


2018 Mexican general election, Results, President
The results of the INE's official quick count were announced around midnight Mexico City time. It reported a turnout of around 63%, with the following approximate results for the candidates: López Obrador, 53%; Anaya, 22%; Meade, 16%; and Rodríguez Calderón, 5%. This is the first time since 1994 Mexican general election that a presidential candidate was elected with an absolute majority (50%+1) of the votes cast.


2018 Mexico City ePrix
The 2018 Mexico City ePrix (formally the 2018 ABB Formula E Mexico City e-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in the centre of Mexico City on 3 March 2018. It was the fifth round of the 2017–18 Formula E season and the third edition of the event as part of the championship. Audi driver Daniel Abt won the 47-lap race starting from fifth position. Oliver Turvey finished second for NIO and e.Dams-Renault driver Sébastien Buemi took third.


2018 Mexico City ePrix
Mahindra's Felix Rosenqvist won the pole position by posting the fastest lap in qualifying and led for the first 14 laps until a battery management system problem at the final corner promoted Turvey to the lead. Turvey held the lead until the mandatory pit stops to change into a second car. Swift work from Abt's pit crew moved him past Turvey who was slow leaving his garage because of a gear selection fault. Abt led the rest of the race to take his first career victory and the first for a German in Formula E. Turvey took second after holding off Buemi in the final five laps.


2018 Mexico City ePrix
The result increased Jean-Éric Vergne's lead in the Drivers' Championship to 12 points over Rosenqvist who retired because his car not have enough electrical energy to allow him to finish the race. Sam Bird kept third despite not scoring any points as Buemi maintained fourth and Nelson Piquet Jr. kept fifth. In the Teams' Championship, Techeetah further extended their advantage over the non-scoring Mahindra and Jaguar passed Virgin for third with seven races left in the season.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Background
The 2018 Mexico City ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's 2017–18 series schedule in September 2017 by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. It was the fifth of the twelve scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2017–18 season, and the third time it was a FIA Formula E Championship event. It was held on 3 March 2018 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in the centre of Mexico City.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Background
The race was the only one of the season held on a permanent track: it is a mixture of the Grand Prix and oval layouts and has 17 turns at a length of 2.093 km (1.301 mi). The high elevation of the circuit created thin air and lower wind resistance, causing teams to optimise the cooling of their cars; the asphalt surface was less abrasive than other tracks. The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; Formula E's governing body) introduced a track limits zone into turn one to stop drivers using the grass in that area. The driver adviser to the stewards for the race was former Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters racer Alexandre Prémat.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Background
After winning the Santiago ePrix three weeks earlier, Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne led the Drivers' Championship with 71 points and was five points ahead of Felix Rosenqvist of Mahindra. Sam Bird (Virgin) followed in third place with 61 points; Sébastien Buemi (e.Dams-Renault) was fourth and Nelson Piquet Jr (Jaguar) followed in fifth. Techeetah led the Teams' Championship with 89 points; Mahindra (87 points) followed close behind in second position and Virgin placed third with 69 points. Jaguar were fourth with 54 points and e.Dams-Renault were fifth with 44 points.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Background
Allan McNish, team principal of Audi, affirmed his team would fight back after poor car reliability in the first four races and noted the unpredictability commonly observed in Formula E, "At the moment, we're going through a tough time in our young Formula E history. But we are as determined as ever and will continue to push to the maximum with Daniel [Abt] and Lucas, in spite of the current challenges."


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Background
Buemi sought to continue his recent form of strong performances in Mexico and said his team would attack by using the experience they had accumulated in the previous two races in Mexico City, "I’m delighted to be back in Mexico after my performances in the last two races, and I hope that we’ll keep up the momentum. We’ve always been quick in free practice in Mexico, but it’s not been the same story in qualifying. We’re determined to put that right this year and challenge for the race win."


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Background
After Techeetah and Dragon incurred record fines of €15,000 ($18,500) for seat belt manipulation in the preceding Santiago ePrix, the FIA issued a bulletin to all teams the day before the Mexico City race clarifying what was prohibited with the safety device. Starting from this race, the FIA forbade the installation of tie-wraps or teams using tape on the belts in line with a regulation prohibiting any material modification or safety harness reshaping. Also, the FIA undertook more detailed post-race examinations to prevent any future occurrence of teams using such systems. Andretti team principal Roger Griffiths explained, "The FIA has also clarified how, that if you are going to attach and relocate the driver’s radio connector to the seatbelt, you can attach it only to the label on the seatbelt and not through the webbing of the material itself."


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Practice
Two practice sessions—both on Saturday morning—were held before the late afternoon race. The first session ran for 45 minutes and the second lasted half an hour. A half an hour untimed shakedown session was held on Friday afternoon to allow teams to check the reliability of their cars and their electronic systems. After shakedown, Venturi, Dragon, e.Dams-Renault and Jaguar were fined €5,000 for 5G electromagnetic radiation interference in the illegal 5–6 GHz band that could have potentially interfered with the FIA's data gathering system; a further €3,500 was suspended for the rest of the season. All four teams were cautioned a repeat occurrence put them at risk of disqualification.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Practice
The first practice session began under a rising sun in low air and track temperatures; no heat management concerns were reported. Additionally, the track surface was dusty and damp in some areas; some times were faster than Oliver Turvey's (NIO) 2017 pole position lap. Audi's Lucas di Grassi used 200 kW (270 hp) of power to record the fastest lap late on at 1 minute, 1.58 seconds, 0.362 seconds faster than any one else on the circuit.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Practice
The rest of the top ten composed of Edoardo Mortara, Vergne, Mitch Evans, Alex Lynn, José María López, Rosenqvist, Daniel Abt, Bird and Buemi. No major incidents occurred during practice; several drivers ran onto the circuit's run-off areas. López was aggrieved at Luca Filippi who slowed him in turn three. He lost control of the rear of his vehicle at turn seven and avoided damaging it.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Practice
Di Grassi was again fastest in second practice with a 1-minute, 1.203 seconds lap. The session's early pace setter Rosenqvist was second and Evans placed third. Positions four to ten were occupied by Nick Heidfeld, Lynn, António Félix da Costa, Abt, Buemi, López and Bird. Mortara necessitated course officials to wave the full course yellow flags leaving the first corner as his car stopped in the turn two braking zone. Later, López lost control of the rear of his car and hit the turn 11 barrier with his left-rear wheel.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Practice
López switched into his second car for the rest of the session. In the session's closing minutes, Heidfeld lost control of his car's rear at the turn seven and eight double left hander and struck the bollards dictating track limits. With five minutes left, Lynn was at maximum power driving tinto turn two and was about to pass the slower Rosenqvist on some dirt when he lost control of his vehicle's rear and struck a wall with the left-hand side after locking his brakes. Lynn was unhurt and the session continued with two minutes to go; no driver went faster.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Qualifying
Saturday's afternoon qualifying session ran for an hour and was divided into four groups of five cars. Each group was placed in championship order and were determined by a lottery system and was permitted six minutes of on-track activity. Every driver was limited to two timed laps with one at maximum power. The fastest five overall competitors in the four groups participated in a "Super Pole" session with one driver on the track at any time going out in reverse order from fifth to first.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Qualifying
Each of the five drivers was limited to one timed lap and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest times (Super Pole from first to fifth, and group qualifying from sixth to twentieth). The driver and team who recorded the fastest time were awarded three points towards their respective championships. In the first group of five runners, which was held on a dusty track that provided a negligible amount of grip, di Grassi was the early pace setter, followed by Maro Engel, Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Tom Blomqvist (who made a driving error) and Filippi.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Qualifying
Buemi set the fastest overall group lap in the second group at 1 minute, 1.668 seconds. Rosenqvist was first to venture onto the track in the group and was fastest until Buemi's lap. Vergne lost time leaving the track's corners and was third. Piquet placed fourth. A suspension issue made Bird group two's slowest driver. In the third group, Félix da Costa set the fastest lap, ahead of Turvey. Lynn drove aggressively through the chicane to go third-fastest. López and Nico Prost rounded out the top five.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Qualifying
The track was at its most clean in the fourth group and saw Abt go fastest in the group by pushing hard. Heidfeld in second locked his tyres and did not set a clean lap time. Similarly, André Lotterer locked his tyres into the first corner and set the third-fastest lap. Fourth-placed Evans made an error in the first ⅓ of the lap and lost half a second in the next third due to his car cutting out. Mortara was slow throughout and placed 20th overall.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Qualifying
At the end of group qualifying, Buemi, Rosenqvist, Félix da Costa, Turvey, Lynn's laps progressed them to super pole. Rosenqvist locked his tyres on his lap. Nonetheless, he took his second pole position of the season and the fifth of his career with a time of 1 minute, 1.645 seconds. He was provisionally joined on the grid's front row by Félix da Costa, in his first super pole appearance since the 2016 Long Beach ePrix, who locked his tyres at certain parts of the track and had pole position until Rosenqvist's lap.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Qualifying
Lynn was third-fastest and his compatriot fourth-placed Turvey locked his tyres entering the second turn. Buemi locked his brakes driving into turn one; he was able to hit the apex of the corner at the start of his lap. A steady pace for the rest of Buemi's lap qualified him fifth. After qualifying, di Grassi and the Virgin duo of Bird and Lynn were demoted ten places for changing the inverter and gearbox in their respective cars. Similarly, Félix da Costa's car was discovered to be under the minimum weight limit of 880 kg (1,940 lb) during scrutineering. He started fourth since its weight after group qualifying complied with the regulations. The rest of the grid lined up after penalties as Abt, Vergne, Piquet, Heidfeld, Lotterer, Lynn, Engel, Evans, López, d'Ambrosio, Prost, Blomqvist, Filippi, Mortara, Bird and di Grassi.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race
Weather conditions at the start were dry, warm and sunny with the air temperature was between 27.0 to 27.7 °C (80.6 to 81.9 °F) and the track temperature from 40.5 and 41.65 °C (104.90 and 106.97 °F). A special feature of Formula E is the "Fan Boost" feature, an additional 100 kilowatts (130 hp) of power to use in the driver's second car. The three drivers who were allowed to use the boost were determined by a fan vote. The distance of the racewas increased from 45 laps to 47 to better showcase the technological efficiency advancements teams had made.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race
When the race began from its standing start at 16:00 Central Daylight Time (UTC–06:00), Rosenqvist maintained his pole position advantage heading into the first corner closely followed by Turvey and Buemi as the field avoided contact entering the turn. Abt made a fast getaway and moved past Félix da Costa for fourth while his fellow countryman Engel made a poor start and fell to 19th. A few cars in the middle of the pack collided with each other in turn three, launching chunks of bodywork airborne; no driver entered the pit lane for repairs. Then, López collided with his teammate d'Ambrosio; both continued with minor damage to their vehicles.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race
Di Grassi moved from 20th to 18th by the end of lap one while Evans gained three positions over the same distance. At the lap's conclusion, Rosenqvist led Turvey by eight-tenths of a second with Buemi third. Henceforth, Rosenqvist began to establish a small advantage over the rest of the field as drivers began to settle into a rhythm. Evans overtook Lotterer for eighth position on lap three, and Félix da Costa lost seventh two laps later to Vergne who passed Félix da Costa by putting him off the circuit at the entrance to turn six.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race
Piquet used this to gain sixth. Di Grassi progressed through the field on the lap, passing Filippi into the first turn, a move that put the latter ran wide. This allowed Mortara to draw alongside Filippi on the inside. As the duo braked for the turn three chicane, both ran wide. Filippi drove across the chicane and stopped before rejoining the circuit. Mortara meanwhile drove across the kerbs to stay on the track. These events demoted Filippi behind Engel and Bird. Further ahead, Abt pressured Buemi as he momentarily could not affect a pass as Vergne was close behind.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race
By the ninth lap, most drivers had about 65 per cent of electrical energy remaining which gave no perceptible advantage for anyone bar Rosenqvist who led Turvey by two seconds. Buemi, di Grassi and Rosenqvist were announced as the winners of the FanBoost vote the lap after. Meanwhile, Turvey led Buemi by two-seconds, which was in contrast to previous races where his car typically struggled to pull away because of poor electrical energy usage.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race
At the front, Rosenqvist set what was at this point the fastest lap of the race at 1 minute, 3.601 seconds and it appeared he would win the race and reclaim the lead of the Drivers' Championship from Vergne. As Rosenqvist exited the final corner to finish the 14th lap, he had a sudden loss in power due to a battery management system failure and stopped to reset his car and allow him to continue driving. Turvey moved into the lead with Buemi and Abt second and third. Rosenqvist fell to ninth and was out of contention for the victory.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race
Abt's attempts at passing Buemi were disrupted when Rosenqvist stopped twice more on the turn three run-off area and prompted course officials to wave localised yellow flags. Nevertheless, Abt overtook Buemi for second on the inside at the exit of turn one after the latter braked early and ran wide. Abt began to close up to Turvey. Rosenqvist chose to end his stop-start approach and made an early switch into his second car with the objective of re-entering the top ten. The leaders made their mandatory pit stops to change into a second car on lap 24.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race
Piquet and di Grassi remained on the circuit for one additional lap before making their own stops. After the pit stops, Abt gained the lead from Turvey because his stop was six seconds faster than the latter who had gear selection trouble. Buemi fell to fourth as Vergne took third. Abt pulled away as Turvey came under attack from Vergne. On lap 27, Heidfeld stopped on the start/finish straight before entering the pit lane per the instructions of his team for troubleshooting that revealed a water pump failure, curtailing his race.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race
As di Grassi was gaining positions, he earned one point for setting the fastest time on the lap, completing a circuit in 1 minute, 2.02 seconds. Further ahead, Turvey made a small error leaving the Peraltada chicane, allowing Vergne to unsuccessfully challenge him. This allowed Buemi to use FanBoost to pass Vergne by steering right onto the inside at the first corner on lap 28.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race
Later, the stewards investigated Lotterer's pit stop release and penalised him with a drive-through penalty after determining he ran over the foot of a pit crew member leaving his garage, dropping him from seventh to thirteenth. The crew member was transported to the circuit's medical centre and released after examinations revealed no serious injures. Further down the pack on lap 31, di Grassi aimed for the top ten; a minor collision with López on the start/finish straight caused him to spin at the first turn.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race
Piquet had the knowledge of having more usable electrical energy and passed his teammate Evans two laps later. The following lap, Mahindra called the slow Rosenqvist into the pit lane to retire since he could not finish the race. Piquet overtook Vergne, whose two-way radio communication was cut off due to a systems glitch losing him all information on his steering wheel, for fourth place shortly after and started to hassle Buemi for third place.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race
On lap 37, di Grassi used his FanBoost to pass d'Ambrosio for 12th while Prost parked his car in the garage with a broken front-right suspension due to contact with Bird at turn three, making him the race's final retiree. Turvey was slow leaving the Peraltada chicane, allowing Buemi to challenge him; he was mindful of the faster Piquet. Engel lost 11th to di Grassi in the race's final laps and broke his rear wing after contacting him.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race
At the start of the penultimate lap, Buemi attempted to pass Turvey for second and locked all four of his tyres. Buemi avoided striking the rear of Turvey's car. Turvey similarly locked his tyres as both drivers remained second and third; an earlier driving error from Piquet lost him a small amount of time. In his 37th start, Abt increased his lead to more than six seconds and took his first career victory. It was the first for a German driver in Formula E, and for Audi as a factory team. The victory moved Abt to sixth in the Drivers' Championship. Turvey finished second to earn his first career podium and Buemi was third. Off the podium, Piquet, Vergne, Evans, Félix da Costa, Mortara, di Grassi, Lynn, D'Ambrosio, López. Lotterer, Filippi, Blomqvist, Engel and Bird were the final finishers.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. Abt said going into the race, he and his team were aware his car was fast and their situation in the championship. He praised the swift work of his mechanics and noted Formula's E unpredictability, "We didn’t give up, we kept believing in it and today was just a fantastic day."


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race, Post-race
Turvey spoke of his delight over taking his and NIO's first podium, "Everyone in the team has worked so hard since last season to gain a huge step forward in performance and we’ve not been able to show this due to a few tough races."


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race, Post-race
Third-place finisher Buemi said that winning the race would not have been possible because of the fast pace of Abt's car and was happy to accumulate extra championship points, "Today he [Abt] put his knowledge into practice and I had a problematic pit stop because I almost collided with Nico [Prost] because he had his pit stop at the same time as I."


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race, Post-race
Rosenqvist described his race as "one of those rare days when I can say it was quite a perfect Saturday" notwithstanding his early retirement, "Right from the practice sessions through to qualifying. I was out in front with a comfortable three second lead and it was getting better. It was all a bit too good to be true, but the issue was not in our hands."


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race, Post-race
With regards to his inter-team systems glitch, Vergne revealed it prompted him to allow Buemi and Piquet through so that he could follow Buemi's strategy to allow him to reach the end of the race and gather championship points. Piquet spoke of his belief a better starting position would have helped him get on the podium, and attempted a different strategy, "Depending on who the players are around you, you want to risk overtaking or you want to try and save energy." Nevertheless, Piquet stated his belief Jaguar had the most reliable car in the field and the team would aim to continue improving for the rest of the season.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race, Post-race
The incident where Lotterer caused ligament injuries to one of his mechanics was the first such occurrence of anyone sustaining an injury since the minimum pit stop time was abolished at the preceding Santiago ePrix. Lotterer spoke of his belief there would be another similar incident in the future, "Everyone is pushing the limits and the cars, they are so close together, there’s not much space for the mechanic to jump off the car once the belts are done.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race, Post-race
But that’s the same as other pitstops in other categories – mechanics change tyres [and] it always happens once in a while. This is part of racing." Scott Mitchell of Autosport noted the abolition of the minimum pit stop was one of Formula E's most unpopular changes and argued it promoted an unnecessary element of competition during the switch into a second car with regards to personal safety. Additionally, Rosenqvist's and Piquet's pit stops came under scrutiny from the motorsport press as it was theorised that their car's seat belts were altered illegally in order to decrease the time spent in their garages and risked infringing the revised FIA regulations concerning the new seat belts.


2018 Mexico City ePrix, Race, Post-race
The consequence of the final positions increased Vergne's lead at the top of the Drivers' Championship to twelve points ahead of second-placed Rosenqvist. Bird kept third place notwithstanding him not scoring any points. Buemi's third-place finish drew him closer to Bird in the battle for third. Piquet's fourth-place result kept him in fifth. In the Teams' Championship, Techeetah further extended their advantage over Mahindra by another seven points. Jaguar overtook Virgin for third and e.Dams-Renault were fifth with seven rounds left in the season.


2018 Miami Dolphins season
The 2018 season was the Miami Dolphins' 49th in the National Football League, their 53rd overall and their third and last under head coach Adam Gase. During the offseason, the Dolphins tweaked their uniforms' orange color to better align with their classical past and history. For the second straight season, they also brought back their throwback uniforms from the Shula/Marino eras and wore them for three games.


2018 Miami Dolphins season
With quarterback Ryan Tannehill playing for the first time since 2016, the highlight of the Dolphins' season came during a memorable Week 14 win against division rival and defending back-to-back AFC champion New England Patriots, which prevented the Patriots from clinching the AFC East that week. However, the Dolphins squandered the momentum and would lose all of their remaining games and missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year. The 7–9 finish was their first since 2012 and also the team's second consecutive losing season, with all seven wins decided by one possession scores and not winning a playoff game for the 17th straight year. They did start off with a 3–0 record, but finished 7–9.


2018 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season
The Dolphins' 2018 schedule was finalized and announced on April 19.


2018 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Tennessee Titans
Due to two weather delays, the game lasted for 7 hours and 10 minutes, the longest game since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. Coincidentally, wide receiver Danny Amendola met with former teammates Malcolm Butler and Dion Lewis. The three played for the New England Patriots from 2015 to 2018 and helped them win Super Bowl LI over the Atlanta Falcons.


2018 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Oakland Raiders
With the win, the Dolphins improved to 3–0, their first such start since 2013.


2018 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at New England Patriots
With their first loss of the season, the Dolphins failed to earn their first 4–0 start since 1995, during the Dan Marino era and Don Shula's final year as the Dolphins' head coach.


2018 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears
A last-second field goal kick by Jason Saunders barely averted a tie and gave the Dolphins the win in overtime.


2018 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Detroit Lions
The Dolphins were seeking their first win over the Lions since 2006.


2018 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Minnesota Vikings
This was the Dolphins' first loss to the Vikings since 2002.


2018 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
With the loss, the Dolphins were eliminated from playoff contention.


2018 Miami Dolphins season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Buffalo Bills
This season finale marked the final games of players such as quarterback Ryan Tannehill, linebacker Cameron Wake, and head coach Adam Gase all in Dolphins uniforms.


2018 Miami Hurricanes baseball team
The 2018 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami during the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Jim Morris, in his 25th and final season at Miami.


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


2018 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 2018 Miami Hurricanes football team (variously "Miami", "The U", "UM", "'Canes") represented the University of Miami during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hurricanes were led by third-year head coach Mark Richt and played their home games at Hard Rock Stadium. They competed as a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in ACC play to finish in a 3-way tie for 3rd in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl where they would lose to Wisconsin.


2018 Miami Hurricanes football team
On December 30, 2018, Richt announced his retirement after 3 seasons at Miami and 18 overall as head coach. That same day, the school named Manny Diaz as their new head coach.


2018 Miami Hurricanes football team, Previous season
The Hurricanes finished the 2017 season 10–3 overall and 7–1 in ACC play to win the Coastal Division for the first time and earn a trip to the ACC Championship Game, where they were defeated by Clemson. They received an invitation to the Orange Bowl where they lost to Wisconsin.


2018 Miami Hurricanes football team, Preseason, ACC media poll
The ACC media poll was released on July 24, 2018.


2018 Miami Marlins season
The Miami Marlins' 2018 season was the 26th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League and the 7th as the "Miami" Marlins. Don Mattingly was the manager of the Marlins for a third year. The Marlins played their home games at Marlins Park as members of the National League East Division. They failed to make the playoffs for the 15th consecutive season.


2018 Miami Marlins season
This year marked the first season under the new ownership group led by Derek Jeter and Bruce Sherman.


2018 Miami Marlins season, Offseason, Ownership
On October 2, 2017, following the conclusion of the 2017 season, the Marlins were officially sold to a group led by Derek Jeter and Bruce Sherman for $1.2 billion.


2018 Miami Marlins season, Offseason, The Jeter Era
The deal that made Derek Jeter CEO of the Marlins was closed the day after the Marlins concluded the 2017 season. Jeter has roughly 4 percent stake in the ownership group, while Sherman has about 46 percent.


2018 Miami Marlins season, Offseason, The Jeter Era
As CEO, Jeter plans to measure the success of the Marlins by more than just the score. Emphasis will be placed on the overall fan experience and embracing the culture in Miami.


2018 Miami Marlins season, Offseason, Trades
On Dec. 7, 2017, the Marlins traded Dee Gordon and $1 million in international slot money to the Seattle Mariners for 3 minor leaguers. Two days later, the Marlins traded Giancarlo Stanton and $30 million in contract relief to the New York Yankees for Starlin Castro and two minor leaguers. The deal was made official on Dec. 11.


2018 Miami Marlins season, Offseason, Trades
On Dec. 19, 2017, the Marlins traded Marcell Ozuna to the St. Louis Cardinals for two minor leaguers.


2018 Miami Marlins season, Offseason, Trades
On Jan. 25, 2018, the Marlins traded Christian Yelich to the Milwaukee Brewers for Lewis Brinson and three other minor leaguers.


2018 Miami Marlins season, Offseason, Jose Ureña
On August 15, 2018 starting pitcher Jose Ureña intentionally hit Ronald Acuña with a 98MPH fastball on the elbow resulting to an ejection and controversy of the situation with the benches clearing.


2018 Miami Marlins season, Regular season, Record vs. opponents
The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.


2018 Miami Open
The 2018 Miami Open presented by Itaú (also known as 2018 Miami Masters) was a professional men and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 34th edition of the Miami Open, and part of the Masters 1000 category on the 2018 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Mandatory category on the 2018 WTA Tour. All men and women's events took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, United States, from March 19 through April 1, 2018. It was the last time the tournament was played at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park. The tournament moved to the Hard Rock Stadium starting in 2019.


2018 Miami Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Rankings and seedings are based on ATP rankings as of March 19, 2018.


2018 Miami Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead. ‡ The player used an exemption to skip the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.


2018 Miami Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Withdrawals
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


2018 Miami Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Withdrawals
† Ramos Viñolas is entitled to use an exemption to skip the tournament and substitute his 18th best result (45 points) in its stead. Accordingly, his points after the tournament will remain unchanged.


2018 Miami Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Miami Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2018 Miami Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of March 5, 2018. Rankings and points before are as of March 19, 2018.


2018 Miami Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.


2018 Miami Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Miami Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2018 Miami Open – Men's Doubles
Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey.


2018 Miami Open – Men's Doubles
Bob and Mike Bryan won the title, defeating Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–4].


2018 Miami Open – Men's Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Thanasi Kokkinakis.


2018 Miami Open – Men's Singles
John Isner won his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title, defeating Alexander Zverev in the final, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4. Isner became the first new Miami Open champion in 9 years.


2018 Miami Open – Men's Singles
Federer and Rafael Nadal (despite having withdrawn from the event) were in contention for the ATP No. 1 singles ranking at the start of the tournament. Nadal regained the top ranking as a result of Federer's second round loss.


2018 Miami Open – Men's Singles
With Novak Djokovic and Federer losing their opening matches and Andy Murray and Nadal missing the tournament due to injuries, this was the first time since the 2004 Paris Masters that none of the members of the Big Four won a match at a Masters 1000 tournament.


2018 Miami Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2018 Miami Open – Women's Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs.


2018 Miami Open – Women's Doubles
Ashleigh Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe won the title, defeating Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in the final, 6–2, 6–1.


2018 Miami Open – Women's Singles
Johanna Konta was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Venus Williams.


2018 Miami Open – Women's Singles
Sloane Stephens won the title, defeating Jeļena Ostapenko in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–1. It was Stephens' sixth career singles title, first Premier Mandatory title, and first title since winning the US Open back in September. By virtue of her victory, Stephens also made her debut in the Top 10, at No. 9.


2018 Miami Open – Women's Singles
Danielle Collins became the first qualifier in Miami Open history to reach the semifinals. She defeated Venus Williams in the quarterfinals.


2018 Miami Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2018 Miami RedHawks football team
The 2018 Miami RedHawks football team represented Miami University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Chuck Martin and played their home games at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 6–2 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the East division. Despite being bowl eligible, they were not invited to a bowl game.


2018 Miami RedHawks football team, Previous season
The RedHawks finished the 2017 season 5–7, 4–4 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division.


2018 Miami RedHawks football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the RedHawks predicted to finish in third place in the East Division.


2018 Miami RedHawks football team, 13th game proposal
Miami was one of four bowl-eligible teams that did not receive a bowl game invitation. The university unsuccessfully attempted to schedule a 13th game with Louisiana-Monroe, which also did not go to a bowl.


2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup
The 2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup was the third season of the Michelin Le Mans Cup. It began on 12 May at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and finished on 27 October at the Algarve International Circuit. The series featured LMP3 and GT3 category cars competing in their respective class.


2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup, Calendar
All races supported the 2018 European Le Mans Series except the Le Mans round, which was part of the 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend.


2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup, Standings
Points are awarded according to the following structure (except Le Mans):


2018 Michigan Attorney General election
The Michigan Attorney General election of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, alongside elections to elect Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, Secretary of State, as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives, all 38 seats in the Michigan Senate and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; to elect the Secretary of State of Michigan. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette was prohibited from seeking a third term due to term limits and unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Michigan instead. The Michigan GOP was unsuccessful in looking to win its 5th straight Attorney General election. Along with the offices of Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State, the nominees for Attorney General were chosen by party delegates at their respective party conventions.


2018 Michigan Attorney General election
Nessel defeated Leonard by 115,000 votes, becoming the first Democratic attorney general of Michigan since 2003, when Jennifer Granholm left office to become Governor.


2018 Michigan House of Representatives election
An election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect all 110 members to Michigan's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor and Senate. The primary election was held on August 7, 2018.


2018 Michigan House of Representatives election
Republicans retained control of the House, despite losing the popular vote, after a net loss of five seats, winning 58 seats compared to 52 seats for the Democrats.


2018 Michigan House of Representatives election, Term-limited members
Under the Michigan Constitution, members of the state Senate are able to serve only two four-year terms, and members of the House of Representatives are limited to three two-year terms, some of the toughest term-limit laws in the country. After the 2018 mid-term elections, nearly 70 percent of the state Senate and 20 percent of the state House were forced to leave office because of term-limits. The following members were prevented by term-limits from seeking re-election to the House in 2018. This list does not include members that were eligible for re-election, but instead sought other office or voluntarily retired.


2018 Michigan House of Representatives election, Results, District
Results of the 2018 Michigan House of Representatives election by district:


2018 Michigan Proposal 1
The Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act, also known as Proposal 1, was an initiative that appeared on the November 2018 ballot to legalize cannabis in the U.S. state of Michigan. The initiative allows adults 21 and older to possess up to 2.5 ounces (71 g) of cannabis and to grow up to 12 plants at home. The initiative was approved with 56% of the vote.


2018 Michigan Proposal 1, History
In November 2017, supporters submitted 365,000 signatures to get legal recreational cannabis on the 2018 ballot. The state certified the initiative on April 26.


2018 Michigan Proposal 1, History
The Detroit Free Press reported that state Republicans planned to amend and attempt to pass the initiative in the state legislature. The amendment would involve an income tax cut offset by cannabis tax revenue, and regulation by the appointed board in charge of medical cannabis, not by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). If passed by the legislature, it would not appear on the general ballot.


2018 Michigan Proposal 1, History
By June 5, the deadline for an "adopt-and-amend" act to go through the legislature expired, and the un-amended initiative would appear on ballots in November.


2018 Michigan Proposal 1, Bill contents
The Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act, also sometimes referred to as the "RMLA", would legalize the possession of marijuana for those 21 years and older. The Act also contains a number of provisions that would change the state's marijuana and hemp laws, including:


2018 Michigan Proposal 1, Support
The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol is the main supporter of the initiative.


2018 Michigan Proposal 1, Opposition
In February 2018, it was reported that Smart Approaches to Marijuana was funding opposition to the initiative, as they had in other states including California. Two other local groups, Healthy and Productive Michigan and the Committee to Keep Pot Out of Neighborhoods and Schools, were formed in 2017 to oppose the initiative.


2018 Michigan Proposal 2
Michigan Proposal 18-2 was a ballot initiative approved by voters in Michigan as part of the 2018 United States elections. The proposal was created in preparation of the 2020 United States Census, to move control of redistricting from the state legislature to an independent commission. The commission consists of thirteen members selected randomly by the secretary of state: four affiliated with Democrats, four affiliated with Republicans, and five independents. Any Michigan voter can apply to be a commissioner, as long as they have not been, in the last six years, a politician or lobbyist.


2018 Michigan Proposal 2
Proponents argued that Michigan's current districts are  gerrymandered, giving an unfair advantage to one political party. Opponents argued that the process would give the secretary of state too much power over redistricting, and that the people on the commission would be unlikely to understand principles of redistricting. The proposal was approved with 61.28% of the vote.


2018 Michigan Proposal 2, History, Background
Following the 2010 midterms in Michigan, Republicans controlled the Michigan state government, and therefore controlled redistricting. The districts they created were gerrymandered to give a partisan advantage to Republicans. In the 2012 Michigan House of Representatives election, Democrats won 53.97% of the vote, compared to 46.03% for Republicans. Despite this, Republicans won 59 seats, to Democrats' 51. A similar result occurred in 2016, with a nearly even vote (49.2%-49.13%) leading to a 16-seat advantage for Republicans. In 2019, the districts for the Michigan House, Michigan Senate, and United States House of Representatives were ruled as unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering.


2018 Michigan Proposal 2, History, Ballot access
Proposal 18-2 was a citizen-led ballot initiative, supported by the 501(c)(4) organization Voters Not Politicians. Voters Not Politicians organized the collection of more than 425,000 signatures from registered Michigan voters to allow the proposal to appear on the ballot.


2018 Michigan Proposal 2, Contents
A proposed  constitutional  amendment  to  establish  a  commission  of  citizens  with exclusive authority to adopt district boundaries for the Michigan Senate, Michigan House of Representatives and U.S. Congress, every 10 years.


2018 Michigan Proposal 2, Results
The proposal was passed easily, requiring a simple majority. Washtenaw, Ingham, and Marquette counties had the highest percentage of yes vote, while Missaukee, Montmorency, Sanilac, and Osceola counties had the highest percentage of no vote. The proposal passed in 67 of Michigan's 83 counties with strong support across the state.


2018 Michigan Proposal 2, Post-election events, 2020 redistricting
250,000 applications to serve on the commission were randomly mailed out by the Michigan secretary of state on 30 December 2019. More than 6,200 Michiganders applied to be part of the redistricting commission before the 1 June 2020 deadline. 200 semi-finalists will be selected at random by the accounting firm Rehmann LLC by the end of June.


2018 Michigan Proposal 3
2018 Michigan Proposal 3 (or just Proposal 3) was a ballot initiative approved by voters in Michigan as part of the 2018 United States elections. The proposal, funded by the ACLU of Michigan, reformed Michigan elections by protecting the right to a secret ballot, ensuring access to ballots for military and overseas voters, adding straight-ticket voting, automatically registering voters, allowing any citizen to vote at any time, provided they have a proof of residency, allowing access to absentee ballots for any reason, and auditing election results. The proposal was overwhelmingly approved with 66.92% of the vote.


2018 Michigan Proposal 3, Results
The proposal was passed easily, requiring a simple majority. The proposal passed in all of Michigan's 83 counties except for Montmorency, Missaukee, and Huron.


2018 Michigan Proposal 3, Aftermath
Prior to Proposal 3's passage, Michigan lacked a period for early voting, save for absentee ballots which fulfilled eligibility requirements. Following Proposal 3's passage, the first major usage of the new law was the 2020 Democratic and Republican presidential primaries, with early voting provided in both. Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state in 2020, Michigan implemented a formal early absentee voting period for both the August primaries for state and local offices as well as the presidential election, greatly increasing early voting turnout in both events.


2018 Michigan Secretary of State election
The Michigan Secretary of State election of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, alongside Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, Attorney General, as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives, all 38 seats in the Michigan Senate and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; to elect the Secretary of State of Michigan. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson could not seek a third term due to term limits. The Michigan GOP was looking to win its 7th straight Secretary of State election. Along with the offices of Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, the nominees for Secretary of State were chosen by party delegates at their respective party conventions.


2018 Michigan Secretary of State election
On November 6, 2018, Benson defeated Lang by an 8.9% margin.


2018 Michigan Senate election
The Michigan Senate elections of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, alongside elections to be Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, Attorney General, Secretary of State as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; to elect the 38 members that will comprise the Michigan Senate. The Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties chose their nominees in a partisan primary on August 7, 2018. The Working Class Party, U.S. Taxpayers Party, Green Party and Natural Law Party chose their nominees at state party conventions.


2018 Michigan Senate election, Term-limited members
Under the Michigan Constitution, members of the state Senate are able to serve only two four-year terms, and members of the House of Representatives are limited to three two-year terms. Michigan has what are considered the toughest term-limits in the country. After the 2018 mid-term elections, nearly 70 percent of the state Senate and 20 percent of the state House will be forced to leave office because of term-limits. The following members are prevented by term-limits from seeking re-election to the Senate in 2018. This list does not include members that are eligible for re-election, but instead chose to seek other office or voluntarily to retire.


2018 Michigan Senate election, General Election
Pending official certification by the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, the following candidates, listed alphabetically, advanced to the November general election.


2018 Michigan Senate election, General Election, Maps
Results shaded by the percentage of the party vote in each district


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 2018 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan, and competed in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by 12th-year head coach Mark Dantonio.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team
The Spartans returned 19 starters from their Holiday Bowl-winning 2017 team, and began the year at 11th in the AP Poll. In the second game of the year, the team was upset on the road by unranked Arizona State. The team fell out of the top 25 after falling to Northwestern on homecoming, but bounced back with a road win against then-No. 8 Penn State. The Spartan offense struggled mightily in the second half of the season, and the team failed to score more than 7 points in losses to Michigan, Ohio State, and Nebraska. They finished the regular season in fourth in the East Division with a conference record of 5–4. Michigan State was invited to the Redbox Bowl, where they lost to Oregon by a score of 7–6, which matched their final record.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team
The team was characterized by a stark dichotomy in performance between offense and defense; the defense finished in the top ten nationally in six categories, while the offense finished in the bottom 20 nationally in six categories. Junior quarterback Brian Lewerke led the team in passing, finishing the year with 2,040 passing yards, 8 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He was replaced by redshirt freshman Rocky Lombardi in several games as Lewerke struggled with injuries and poor performance. Connor Heyward, replacing the injured LJ Scott, led the team in rushing. On defense, Kenny Willekes led the Big Ten in tackles for a loss (21), and was named the conference's Defensive Lineman of the Year. Linebacker Joe Bachie was also an impact player, being named first team all-conference by the coaches.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 2017 season 10–3, 7–2 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. The Spartans received an invitation to the 2017 Holiday Bowl where they defeated Washington State.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team, Offseason, 2018 NFL Draft
MSU kept its streak of 78 years of having at least one player drafted in the NFL Draft alive when Brian Allen was drafted in the fourth round.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team, Offseason, 2018 NFL Draft
Additionally, one player, Chris Frey Jr., was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team, Personnel, Coaching staff
On January 2, 2018, Harlon Barnett was hired as defensive coordinator for Florida State, leaving the Spartans after spending the previous 14 years with head coach Mark Dantonio. On January 19, the school announced that co-defensive coordinator Mike Tressel was promoted to defensive coordinator with the departure of Barnett.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team, Personnel, Coaching staff
Also on January 19, former Kent State head coach Paul Haynes was hired as the secondary coach. Haynes, who was fired from Kent State after five seasons as head coach, returned to the Spartans after serving as defensive backs coach from 2003–04. On January 22, the school announced the hiring of former Kent State offensive coordinator Don Treadwell, who had coached with the Spartans on two prior occasions, as a defensive backs and special teams coach. On February 1, the school hired Chuck Bullough as defensive ends coach.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Utah State
The Spartans opened the 2018 season under the lights at home against Mountain West opponent Utah State.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Utah State
Utah State received the opening kickoff and took little time scoring on their opening drive, taking only just over two minutes to score on a Jordan Love one-yard run. The MSU offense stalled at midfield on their first drive, but Matt Coghlin made a 49-yard field goal to put the Spartans on the board, 7–3. After a turnover on downs on the following Utah State possession, Michigan State added another field goal, bringing them within a point. The second quarter featured sloppy play from both teams.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Utah State
As Michigan State was driving into Utah State territory, Brian Lewerke was sacked and attempted to throw the ball away. After review, the officials determined that Lewerke had not completed a forward throwing motion, that he had fumbled the ball, and it was recovered by Utah State. However, the Aggies did not score off of the turnover. Several possessions later, the Aggies committed a turnover of their own when Jordan Love threw an interception that resulted in Michigan State points when Brian Lewerke connected with Cody White on a seven-yard pass for a touchdown.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Utah State
The score gave the Spartans their first lead of the game, 13–7. Utah State answered with a touchdown of their own on the following possession, retaking the lead 14–13. The Spartan offense drove deep into Utah State territory and Felton Davis scored on a 10-yard touchdown pass from Brian Lewerke with 28 seconds left in the half to give MSU a 20–14 lead at halftime.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Utah State
The Spartans extended their lead after in the second half when a 17-yard Connor Heyward touchdown run increased their lead to 27-14. Late in the third quarter, Utah State added a field goal to narrow the lead to 27–17. The following Michigan State possession ended in disaster when a Brian Lewerke pass intended for Jalen Nailor was intercepted and returned for a touchdown by Gage Ferguson to bring Utah State within three, 27–24.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Utah State
Michigan State increase their lead with a field goal early in the fourth quarter, but Utah State retook the lead with five minutes remaining in the game on a Darwin Thompson one-yard touchdown run. Brian Lewerke led the offense down the field the following possession, completing five straight passes before Connor Heyward scored the go-ahead touchdown on an option pitch from Lewerke to give Michigan State a 36–31 lead with two minutes remaining. Lewerke then connected with Davis on the two-point conversion pass to give MSU a 38–31 lead.


2018 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Utah State
With less than two minutes remaining, Utah State drove the ball to the MSU 46-yard line. However, MSU linebacker Joe Bachie leapt to deflect a pass and secured the interception to seal the win for the Spartans, avoiding a major upset. Michigan State extended its home opening winning streak to 20 games with the victory.


2018 Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team
The 2018 Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team represented Michigan State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The program was coached by 10th year head coach, Damon Rensing. It was the 63rd season the university fielded a men's varsity soccer team, and their 28th season in the Big Ten Conference.


2018 Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team
The season was highlighted by Michigan State reaching the College Cup (final four) of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, a feat they had not accomplished since 1968. There, making their first appearance in half a century, they lost to eventual national-runners up, Akron, 5–1.


2018 Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team
Three players from this team were drafted in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: DeJuan Jones, Ryan Sierakowski, and Jimmy Hague.


2018 Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team, Roster
The following players were part of the 2018 Michigan State men's soccer team.


2018 Michigan State Spartans men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 2018 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolverines were members of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan was coached by Jim Harbaugh, who was in his fourth season as head coach of his alma mater.


2018 Michigan Wolverines football team
Michigan began the year ranked 14th in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll. Its first game of the year was on the road against rival Notre Dame, the first meeting between the two schools since 2014. The Wolverines lost that game, 24–17. Michigan won its next ten games, however, including wins over then-ranked Big Ten opponents Michigan State, Wisconsin, and Penn State, all of whom beat Michigan the previous year. The team rallied around calling the season a "revenge tour".


2018 Michigan Wolverines football team
The Wolverines climbed to fourth in the College Football Playoff rankings, and would have clinched the Big Ten Eastern Division and a spot in the 2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game with a regular-season-ending win over arch-rival Ohio State. However, the revenge tour came to an abrupt end as Michigan lost, 62–39, its seventh consecutive loss to the Buckeyes and 14th loss in 15 years in the series. The Wolverines were selected to their second New Year's Six bowl in three years, the Peach Bowl, where they lost to Florida, 41–15. The team's final record was 10–3, Harbaugh's third ten-win season in four years, and the team finished exactly where it started in the polls, at 14th.


2018 Michigan Wolverines football team
Michigan was led on offense by junior quarterback Shea Patterson, a transfer from Ole Miss, and running back Karan Higdon, who became the first Michigan running back to rush for 1,000 yards since Fitzgerald Toussaint in 2011. On defense, the Wolverines were led by linebacker Devin Bush Jr., who was a consensus All-American and won the Nagurski–Woodson Award as the Big Ten's defensive player of the year. Five Michigan defensive players were named first-team All-Big Ten by the coaches: Bush, defensive linemen Rashan Gary and Chase Winovich, and defensive backs Lavert Hill and David Long.


2018 Michigan Wolverines football team, Preseason
In January 2018, the Wolverines hired Ben Herbert as Director of Strength and Conditioning, and Sherrone Moore as tight ends coach. On February 20, 2018, the Wolverines hired Jim McElwain as wide receivers coach. On February 23, Tim Drevno resigned as offensive coordinator after three seasons. The offensive coordinator position remained vacant throughout the 2018 season, with play calling duties split among the offensive coaches in what coach Harbaugh described as a "collaborative effort", with passing game coordinator Pep Hamilton calling a majority of the plays.