A small number of unbound delegates said they would support Trump at the party´s July convention, the AP reported, pushing
the billionaire businessman over the 1,237-delegate threshold he needed to avoid a contested convention ahead of the **v.
8 election.
Trump, a billionaire New York real estate magnate and former reality TV star, had become the presumptive Republican **minee
earlier this month when his final two rivals dropped out of the race.
But securing the necessary delegates effectively ends Trump´s primary campaign, in which he outlasted 16 other Republicans seeking the **mination.
Republicans are expected to finalize their pick when delegates vote during the July 18-21 convention in Cleveland. Trump would face either former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who are vying for the Democratic **mination.
05-26-2016, 08:08 PM
Trump secures delegates needed to clinch Republican presidential **mination
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