After a shocking defeat last night in Indiana, Senator Ted Cruz announced his withdrawal from the 2016 presidential election. The move all but assures Trump the Republican presidential nomination in July.
Trump is now on course to be the first standard-bearer of a political party, who has not previously served in office, since President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower was a five-star general and the commander of Allied Forces in Europe during World War II, but had not previously served in elected office.