On Primary Election Night in Illinois, WCPT hosts Joan Esposito, Patti Vasquez, and Richard Chew were on the air between 7:00 and 10:30 p.m. Central Tuesday with special guests, live updates from our reporters, candidate call-ins, and the important speeches as they happened.

Guests included:
- U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Jacob Kaplan, executive director of the Cook County Democratic Party 
- Max Bever, director of Public Information for the Chicago Board of Election
- Lisa Hernandez, chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois and member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Jill Wine-Banks, legal analyst and pundit 
- Peter Giangreco, Democratic strategist, partner at The Strategy Group
 - Aaron Kleinman, head of research at Heartland Signal
- U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, candidate for U.S. Senate in Illinois
- Chicago Alders Matt Martin and Timmy Knudsen 
- Illinois State Reps Kam Buckner and Rick Ryan 
- Precious Brady Davis, commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul
- Dovile Cather, Juliana Stratton campaign manager

Our on-location reporters were:
- Ken Mejia-Beal (frequent fill-in host and guest co-host on “Driving It Home” and “Out Chicago”) from Daniel Biss HQ
- Matt Byrne (WCPT producer) from Melissa Bean HQ 
- Paul Chivari (WCPT producer) from Raja Krishnamoorthi HQ
- Steve Lessman (WCPT sales manager) from Margaret Croke HQ
- Ellen Miller (co-host of “Out Chicago,” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on WCPT) from Juliana Stratton HQ 
- Dylan Olthoff (WCPT producer) from Sen. Robert Peters HQ
- Whitney Randall (WCPT intern) from Robin Kelly HQ