2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
Presidential primaries and caucuses of the Republican Party took place within all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories between February 1 and June 7, 2016. These elections selected the 2,472 delegates that were sent to the Republican National Convention. Businessman and reality television personality Donald Trump won the Republican nomination for president of the United States.
Image: Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore 10 (cropped)
Image: Ted Cruz by Gage Skidmore 10 (cropped)
Image: Marco Rubio by Gage Skidmore 8 (cropped)
Image: John Kasich (24618295175) (cropped)
2016 Republican National Convention
The 2016 Republican National Convention, in which delegates of the United States Republican Party chose the party's nominees for president and vice president 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.
Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the 2016 Republican National Convention
Jeh Johnson, the secretary of Homeland Security, inspects the venue on July 15, 2016
U.S. Coast Guard enhanced mobile incident command post installed in Cleveland for the convention
Law enforcement providing security on July 20, 2016