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 has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
