GOP CONVENTION | Nomination roll call underway at GOP convention

CLEVELAND (AP)

The state-by-state roll call to nominate Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee is underway.

There's not much drama but lots of noise — chants of "We want Trump" broke out as the roll call reach California.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's name isn't formally place in nomination even though he was closest to Trump in the primaries.

Earlier Tuesday, some Republicans were saying Cruz's supporters wanted to gather enough signatures to allow the Texan to be nominated.

Being officially nominated means a candidate is entitled to have supporters deliver a nominating and seconding speech. But Trump's campaign and GOP officials eager for a show of unity behind Trump worked to head that off.