Thursday, May 26, 2016

ABC News: Trump Reaches the Magic Number to Clinch Nomination - Reaches 1238, 1237 Needed

By Stephen Ohlemacher and Jonathan Lemire, May 26, 2016, AB News via AP

Donald Trump on Thursday reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president, completing an unlikely rise that has upended the political landscape and sets the stage for a bitter fall campaign.

Trump was put over the top in the Associated Press delegate count by a small number of the party's unbound delegates who told the AP they would support him at the convention. Among them is Oklahoma GOP chairwoman Pam Pollard.

"I think he has touched a part of our electorate that doesn't like where our country is," Pollard said. "I have no problem supporting Mr. Trump."

It takes 1,237 delegates to win the Republican nomination for president. Trump has reached 1,238. With 303 delegates at stake in five state primaries on June 7, Trump will easily pad his total, avoiding a contested convention in Cleveland in July.


1 comment:

  1. Why is the media ignoring the fact THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE DISGUSTED with CURRENT POLITICS? They want something different and it's insane for the media to ignore the masses

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