Donald Trump wins Republican presidential nomination

Donald Trump clinched enough delegate votes to be officially selected as Republican presidential nominee Tuesday evening in the roll call voting at the ongoing Republican National Convention.

According to the Associated Press, Trump has recorded more than half of the delegates needed to become the GOP presidential nominee. The state-by-state roll call is still going on at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. It takes 1,237 delegates to win the nomination.

Trump hit the halfway point when Illinois cast 54 delegates for Trump, six for Ohio Gov. John Kasich and nine for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.