Donald Trump is officially the Republican Party's nominee


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Donald Trump secured the nomination of the Republican Party on Tuesday in Cleveland during night two of the Republican National Convention.
Trump needed 1,237 votes to win the nomination, and his home state of New York put him over the top. His son, Donald Trump Jr., was one of the delegates, and praised his father for starting a "movement."
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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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