Donald Trump on Tuesday secured enough delegates to clinch the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.

In a late-night update, The Hill reported that Trump had 1,221 delegates.

1,215 are needed to win the nomination.

The Hill reports:

Trump is expected to notch at least 1,215 delegates — the minimum number needed to secure the Republican nod. Ahead of the Tuesday primaries, Trump had been awarded 1,077 delegates, according to DDHQ, meaning that he needed at least 138 delegates.

Between the Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi and Washington state GOP nominating contests, there were 161 delegates up for grabs.

Though Trump wasn’t expected to face any serious primary challenge on Tuesday given that rival Nikki Haley had dropped out of the GOP primary last week, it was unclear if the former U.N. ambassador would continue to pick up votes as a form of protest to Trump.

The Tuesday primaries also capped off one of the least surprising Republican presidential contests. Despite the fact that a crowded field of GOP candidates ran against the former president for the nomination, all but two — Trump and Haley — remained by the time of the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 23.

Trump secured victory in the Georgia GOP primary.

And Mississippi:

And Washington:

Trump is expected to also win Hawaii:

Donald Trump issued this message after securing the GOP presidential nomination:

Joe Biden clinched the 2024 Democrat presidential nomination, setting up a rematch of the 2020 election.

Per NBC News:

Former President Donald Trump has secured enough delegates to seal the Republican presidential nomination, NBC News projects, setting up a 2024 rematch with President Joe Biden, who clinched the Democratic nomination earlier Tuesday night.

Trump came into Tuesday’s contests in Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi and Washington as the presumptive nominee after vanquishing all his primary opponents, while Biden faced little opposition in his primary. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley ended her bid for the Republican nomination last week after winning just one state on Super Tuesday.

Trump’s projected victories Tuesday night pushed him over the 1,215 delegate mark — the “magic number” needed for a majority at the GOP’s July convention in Milwaukee. Those delegates will be bound by party rules to support him, even as he faces looming court cases in four separate indictments.

The general election starts with Biden seeing his favorability dip below 40% in a spate of recent polls, below Trump, who also remains unpopular. While Biden ran ahead of Trump in virtually every major poll in 2020, recent polls have shown the race virtually tied, or with Trump holding a slight edge, with voters raising concerns about Biden’s age and Trump’s legal woes.

 

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