NEW YORK, Sept 1 (AFP) - The US Republican party on Wednesday officially nominated Vice President Dick Cheney for a second term, placing him on the ticket as President George W. Bush's running mate.
Cheney, 63, was party's the sole candidate for the November 2 ballot and was formally nominated before the 4,800 delgates at the party's national convention in New York's Madison Square Garden.
Republicans also made their nomination of Bush for a second four-year term in the White House unanimous setting the stage for the electoral showdown.
After three days of roll calls among the delegates from the 50 US states, the party announced to thunderous cheers and a burst of victory music that Bush had been selected with no opposition at all.
The move came 24 hours after Bush formally won the nomination when he achieved the mimumum number of 1,255 votes from delegates for his candidacy for the November election in which he will face Democrat John Kerry and his running mate Senator John Edwards.
The president, was to provide the four-day convention's climax with his acceptance speech on Thursday.