It takes 1,237 delegates to win the Republican nomination. They fell one-by-one, leaving Trump the sole survivor of a riotous Republican primary. With 303 delegates at stake in five state primaries on June 7, Trump will easily pad his total, avoiding a contested convention in Cleveland. The New York billionaire reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination hours earlier, according to the Associated Press count, just before a North Dakota campaign stop. Trump entered a new phase of his campaign Tuesday night by holding his first major campaign fundraiser: a USD 25,000-per-ticket dinner in Los Angeles.

Source: Mid-Day May 26, 2016 22:26 UTC