Trump’s big win has increased his likelihood of clinching the party’s presidential nomination outright, while Cruz’s defeat delivered a heavy blow to Republicans currently eyeing a contested convention this summer to snatch the party’s nomination from Trump.

If Trump secures the Republican Party’s nomination, he will be the first major-party nominee who has not served in elected office since Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. Eisenhower was a five-star general and the commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War II.

Trump’s big win has increased his likelihood of clinching the party’s presidential nomination outright, while Cruz’s defeat delivered a heavy blow to Republicans currently eyeing a contested convention this summer to snatch the party’s nomination from Trump.

If Trump secures the Republican Party’s nomination, he will be the first major-party nominee who has not served in elected office since Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. Eisenhower was a five-star general and the commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War II.