2016 Republican National Convention
2016 presidential election
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Nominees
Trump and Pence |
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| Convention | |
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| Date(s) | July 18–21, 2016 |
| City | Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Venue | Quicken Loans Arena |
| Chair | Paul Ryan |
| Notable speakers | See below |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | Donald Trump of New York |
| Vice Presidential nominee | Mike Pence of Indiana |
| Voting | |
| Total delegates | 2,472 |
| Votes needed for nomination | 1,237 (majority) |
| Results (President) |
Trump (NY): 1,725 (69.78%) Cruz (TX): 484 (19.58%) Kasich (OH): 125 (5.06%) Rubio (FL): 123 (4.98%) Carson (FL): 7 (0.28%) Bush (FL): 3 (0.12%) Paul (KY): 2 (0.08%) Abstention 3 (0.12%) |
| Results (Vice President) | Pence (IN): 100% (Acclamation) |
| Ballots | 1 |
 "Melania Trump Remarks at Republican National Convention", July 18, 2016, C-SPAN
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 "Comparing Melania Trump's Speech in 2016 with Michelle Obama's in 2008", The Washington Post, July 19, 2016. Some portions of the two speeches were "very similar" and other parts were "nearly identical". |
The 2016 Republican National Convention, in which delegates of the United States Republican Party chose the party's nominees for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, was held July 18–21, 2016, at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The event marked the third time Cleveland has hosted the Republican National Convention and the first since 1936. In addition to determining the party's national ticket, the convention ratified the party platform.
There were 2,472 delegates to the Republican National Convention, with a simple majority of 1,237 required to win the presidential nomination. Most of those delegates were bound for the first ballot of the convention based on the results of the 2016 Republican presidential primaries. The convention formally nominated Donald Trump for President and Indiana Governor Mike Pence for Vice President. Trump and Pence would go on to defeat Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, in the general election.
In 2016, both the Democratic and Republican conventions were held before the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics instead of after, as was the case in 2008 and 2012. One reason the Republican Party scheduled their convention in July was to help avoid a longer, drawn-out primary battle similar to what happened in 2012, which left the party fractured heading into the general election and eventually led to Mitt Romney losing the election to Barack Obama. The Democratic Party then followed suit, scheduling their convention in Philadelphia the week after the Republicans' convention, to provide a quicker response. On May 3, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus declared Donald Trump the presumptive nominee after Texas senator Ted Cruz dropped out of the race. The next day, Ohio Governor John Kasich suspended his campaign, effectively making Trump the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Trump was the first presidential nominee of a major party since Wendell Willkie, the Republican candidate in 1940, who has held neither political office nor a high military rank prior to his nomination. He was also the first presidential nominee of a major party without political experience since General Dwight D. Eisenhower first captured the Republican presidential nomination in 1952. This was the first Republican National Convention to be held entirely in July since 1980. Twitter and CBS News live streamed the convention via Twitter.
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