ST. PAUL -- The Republican convention on Wednesday formally nominated John McCain as the party's candidate to run in the November 4 elections against Democrat Barack Obama.
After starting a state by state roll-call, other states then ceded to McCain's home state of Arizona to allow it to put the 72-year-old senator over the top to reach the 1,191 delegates needed to capture the nomination.
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