Staten Island Republicans really love Donald Trump

Donald Trump.
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It's clear that if the whole being president thing doesn't pan out, Donald Trump could run for anything in Richmond County and win.

With 85 percent of precincts in the county reporting, Trump has 82 percent of the vote; John Kasich is an extremely distant second with 10 percent, followed by Ted Cruz with 8 percent. On Saturday, Trump received a warm welcome while campaigning in the borough, calling it a "great place" and recalling the summers he spent working there on a development built by his father.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.