Mitt Romney clinches GOP nomination

Mitt Romney hit the right number on Tuesday in the Texas primary, unofficially clinching the Republican presidential nomination in a race he entered as the front-runner and has had to himself for weeks. The delegates he won in the Texas primary, the lone state to vote this week, took him over the necessary 1,144 needed for the GOP nomination. Romney said on Tuesday he was humbled to have secured the requisite delegates to become the GOP nominee.

The former Massachusetts governor wrote, “I am honored that Americans across the country have given their support to my candidacy and I am humbled to have won enough delegates to become the Republican Party’s 2012 presidential nominee. Our party has come together with the goal of putting the failures of the last 3½ years behind us. I have no illusions about the difficulties of the task before us. But whatever challenges lie ahead, we will settle for nothing less than getting America back on the path to full employment and prosperity. On November 6, I am confident that we will unite as a country and begin the hard work of fulfilling the American promise and restoring our country to greatness.”