McCain clinches GOP nomination, CNN projects

March 4, 2008
(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain will win Texas and become the Republican presidential nominee, CNN projects.

Sen. John McCain clinched the GOP presidential nomination Tuesday, according to CNN projections.

McCain swept all four contests in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island, giving him the 1,191 delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination.

McCain will travel to the White House to be endorsed by President Bush as early as Wednesday, sources tell CNN.

The Arizona senator overwhelmingly won moderates and conservatives in Ohio, but he lost the evangelical vote to Mike Huckabee, according to exit polls.

On the Democratic side, Barack Obama was projected to take Vermont, but the contests in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island were too close to call.

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