McCain Wins Enough Delegates for GOP Nomination
John McCain won the Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island primaries today and clinched enough delegates to surpass the required 1,191 GOP delegates to secure the Republican presidential nomination. It has been an extraordinary comeback from eight months ago when he was not a front runner in the primary. After racking up wins in states across the country, McCain entered Tuesday's contests with 1,014 delegates, 177 short of what he needed. According to early returns, McCain won all 17 delegates in Vermont, and at least 69 in Texas, 58 in Ohio and 9 in Rhode Island. McCain also picked up about 30 endorsements from party leaders who are at-large delegates to the convention.
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