Election Update: Texas, Ohio primary results and Republican candidate is John McCain

The new Republican candidate to become the President of the United States of America is John McCain, following his Primaries win in Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont. McCain is expected to receive the full support of President Bush later today.

John McCain has been paying tribute to his opponent Mike Huckabee, who yesterday threw the towel in after he knew that he was defeated. Also some good news came out of the election race for Democratic hopeful Hilary Clinton as her campaign was giving a life line as she took some crucial wins in the states of Ohio and Texas.

Clinton also took the Win in Rhode Island, where it was expected that Barack Obama was supposed to win, however Obama did take the Win in Vermont.

Source – Sky News