--- title: Donald Trump to Spend Primary Night at TIME 100 Gala description: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is set to attend the TIME 100 gala in New York City on Tuesday night canonical: https://time.com/4308494/pennsylvania-connecticut-primary-results-time-100-gala-donald-trump/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-26T21:09:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:03.966Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump to Spend Primary Night at TIME 100 Gala og:description: Trump is expected to sweep the five contests being held Tuesday og:url: https://time.com/4308494/pennsylvania-connecticut-primary-results-time-100-gala-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10fac666c89f5035/698890baab6d770c7d6a96dd/donald-trump-time-100.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Campaigns In Delaware og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump to Spend Primary Night at TIME 100 Gala twitter:description: Trump is expected to sweep the five contests being held Tuesday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10fac666c89f5035/698890baab6d770c7d6a96dd/donald-trump-time-100.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump to Spend Primary Night at TIME 100 Gala > Sponsored content. 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Alex Wong/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 26, 2016 9:09 PM UTC Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, who was [named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people](http://time.com/4302104/donald-trump-2016-time-100/) last week, is set to attend the TIME 100 gala in New York City on Tuesday night, briefly stepping off the campaign trail as results come in from [the five states voting Tuesday](http://time.com/4307230/acela-primary-super-tuesday-iv-maryland-delaware-pennyslvania-primary/). Trump, who is hoping for a sweep in the northeastern states, is also [scheduled to host an event](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/election-2016.html) Tuesday night at Trump Tower in New York, where he [won the primary last week](http://time.com/4299356/new-york-primary-results-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-donald-trump-ted-cruz/). Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island are all voting Tuesday. Trump’s rival Ted Cruz, who was [also among the TIME 100 honorees](http://time.com/4302097/ted-cruz-2016-time-100/), was campaigning in Indiana on Tuesday. 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