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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump turned his attention towards selecting a running mate after he became the presumptive nominee on May 4, 2016. [1] Trump's rivals, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Governor John Kasich of Ohio , [ 2 ] had begun their vice-presidential vetting processes by April 2016, but both dropped out from ...
Trump was formally nominated by the delegates of the 2016 Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016, and proceeded to defeat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the general election on November 8, 2016, to become the 45th President of the United States.
The 2016 Republican National Convention was held from July 18–21 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The delegates selected the Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees and wrote the party platform. A simple majority of 1,237 delegates was needed to win the presidential nomination. [229]
USA TODAY's live stream coverage will begin around 7 p.m. ET with swing state watch parties, live race calls and feeds from the presidential candidates' election night headquarters.
All eyes are on a handful of battlegrounds where polls have closed but the presidential contest is either too close or too close to call. 2016 Election: Vote results, polls and more in battle for ...
Walker’s past fights with public-sector unions rallied Republicans across the country and briefly made the two-term Republican a top contender for the party’s nominee for president in 2016.
The 2016 election was the fifth and most recent presidential election in which the winning candidate lost the popular vote. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Six states plus a portion of Maine that Obama won in 2012 switched to Trump (Electoral College votes in parentheses): Florida (29), Pennsylvania (20), Ohio (18), Michigan (16), Wisconsin (10), Iowa (6), and ...
The following people were the focus of presidential speculation in multiple media reports during the 2016 election cycle but did not enter the race. Kelly Ayotte U.S. Senator from New Hampshire 2011–2017 [ 46 ] [ 47 ]