Romney secures US Republican nomination for White House

Voters in the US second most populous state casted their ballots on Tuesday, with Romney winning 71 percent of the votes. He is now facing five-month sprint to persuade the people to throw their support behind him in the November 6 election.

Texas’ primary offered 152 delegates while Romney was only 58 delegates shy of the 1,144 he needed to become the Republican’s presidential candidate.

"Our party has come together with the goal of putting the failures of the last three and a half years behind us,” Romney said in a statement after his victory in Texas.

“I have no illusions about the difficulties of the task before us. But whatever challenges lie ahead, we will settle for nothing less than getting America back on the path to full employment and prosperity," he added.

Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, will formally be appointed as the GOP nominee in August at the Republican National Convention in Florida.

His advisor Eric Fehrnstrom stressed that Romeny has achieved the nomination milestone due to his focus on the economy, the issue that concerns majority of people across the country.

Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus praised Romney’s victory, insisting the party’s nominee will offer America “the new direction we so desperately need."

Preibus said in a statement on Tuesday that people could not afford four more years of President Obama’s big government agenda, spending cuts, and attacks on free enterprise. "At a time when the country must empower the private sector to create jobs, we need a leader who actually understands job creation and respects the private sector. That leader is Mitt Romney."

Meanwhile, a recent poll revealed that 58 percent of the US war veterans support Romney in the race for the White House, while only 34 percent back President Obama.