Based on interviews with several dozen unbound delegates — those free to vote as they choose in Cleveland — the AP determined that enough had pledged support to Trump to guarantee him support of the 1,237 delegates necessary to clinch the nomination. | AP Photo AP calls Republican primary for Trump

The Associated Press declared Thursday that Donald Trump earned the support of enough delegates to win the nomination at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July.

Based on interviews with several dozen unbound delegates — those free to vote as they choose in Cleveland — the AP determined that enough had pledged support to Trump to guarantee him support of the 1,237 delegates required to clinch the nomination.


The AP determined that 15 unbound delegates in North Dakota would back Trump, along with seven in Pennsylvania, two in Nevada, two in West Virginia and one each in Oklahoma, Colorado and New Hampshire. Those 29 would give Trump the pledged or vocal support of 1,238 delegates.

As far as bound delegates, Trump so far has 1,150.

The real estate mogul is also sure to earn hundreds more on June 7, when California, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and Montana hold primaries. The news is mostly a formality, as Trump already had cleared the field of rivals and been dubbed the presumptive nominee of the party.