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• After his wins in the March 4 Primaries, John McCain secured the Republican nomination for president. Governor Mike Huckabee, McCain's only remaining competition, dropped out of the race following the March 4th results.

• Fast Facts

  1. CNN states that McCain had amassed 1,047 before Tuesday's primaries.
  2. McCain won Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont to clinch
  3. Wins in Texas and Ohio alone would have given him more than the 1,191 delegates needed to claim the GOP nomination.
  4. March 5, 2008: President Bush Endorses McCain
  5. Huckabee had 278 delegates
  6. • "I am very pleased to note that tonight, my friends, we have won enough delegates to claim with confidence, humility and a sense of great responsibility that I will be the Republican nominee for president of the United States"MSNBC: ‘The contest begins tonight,’ McCain says (March 4, 2008)
  7. • • — John McCain, MSNBC

• Bush Endorsement

  After becoming the presumptive Republican nominee for president, George W. Bush held a meeting with McCain at the White House to official endorse the candidate. The Bush endorsement is expected significantly to boost McCain's fund raising efforts.

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