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A big night for Donald Trump, who just won both the Illinois and North Carolina Republican primaries.

The Illinois win comes just days after Trump fired his state campaign director for failing to get out the vote.

According to the New York Times, Trump currently holds about 40 percent of the vote in both states. Ted Cruz, whose only win tonight came when Marco Rubio dropped out, isn’t far behind in North Carolina, trailing with about 36 percent of the vote.

Guess this guy’s really a contender now...