Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took home the Pennsylvania primary Tuesday as he tries to assemble a majority of delegates at the Republican National Convention in July.
With 79 percent of the vote reporting, Trump won the state in a landslide, pulling in 57 percent support. The real estate mogul topped both Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who won 22 percent and 19 percent support, respectively.
With the win, Trump continued his dominance in the Mid-Atlantic, where he also won in New York last week. Trump was heavily favored in the states voting Tuesday.
The state was called for Trump by the Associated Press as soon as polls closed at 8 p.m.
Trump’s victory also netted him 17 of the state’s 71 delegates, with the remaining 54 delegates to be determined by the down-ballot vote for delegates, which Sen. Ted Cruz’s team had been targeting in the weeks leading up to Tuesday. The delegates elected at the congressional district level are not bound to any candidate.
Heading into Tuesday’s vote, Trump had held multiple events across Pennsylvania as he looked to lock up the state, having held events in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre and in the Philadelphia suburbs. Ohio Gov. John Kasich had also been targeting a potential solid finish in the Keystone State, being a native of McKees Rocks in Western Pennsylvania.
Trump held a heavy lead in the polls entering Tuesday, leading with 48.3 percent to Cruz’s 26.5 percent support, a 21.8 percent margin. Kasich was not far behind Cruz in third place.
