WGN News will offer continuous coverage of the U.S. Senate, gubernatorial and congressional races for Illinois, and the Cook County Board President race on WGN-TV, WGNtv.com, CLTV, CLTV.com and WGN America on Election Night, Tuesday, November 2, 2010 starting at 5pm until completion of the races.

• 5pm:  WGN News election coverage will begin on WGN Evening News with Mark Suppelsa and Lourdes Duarte on WGN-TV and WGNtv.com with election news and reports from around the state. 
• 6pm:  WGN Political analyst Paul Lisnek will host a live call-in program on CLTV, which will stream live on WGNtv.com and CLTV.com
• 7-9pm:  WGN Election Night coverage continues on CLTV with streaming on WGNtv.com and CLTV.com.  WGN News’ Mark Suppelsa and Micah Materre will anchor.   
• 9-10pm:  WGN-TV and WGN America join CLTV, WGNtv.com and CLTV.com for a simulcast.  WGN News will have live coverage from more than a dozen campaign locations throughout the Chicago area, downstate Illinois, and Indiana.  WGN News’ Mark Suppelsa and Micah Materre will anchor.   
• 10pm:  Coverage continues on WGN-TV and CLTV, with live streaming on WGNtv.com and CLTV.com, running the rest of election night until major races are decided.

WGN News reporter Sean Lewis will rove the newsroom providing a unique look at election night from the inside.  Chicago Tribune columnists John Kass and Clarence Page will be in-studio for live analysis throughout the night.  Chicago Tribune cartoonist Scott Stantis will also be in-studio producing political cartoons and commentary.  All commentators will participate throughout the night on-air or via live Internet chat.

WGN-TV is Chicago’s CW network affiliate, programming a strong schedule of news, sports and entertainment, with most WGN Sports telecasts, WGN News and CW programs in high definition on WGN-DT 9.1.  WGN News now programs over 154 hours of news per week (46½ hours on WGN-TV and 108 hours on cable news channel CLTV).  In February 2010, WGN-TV became the first Chicago TV station to offer iPhone users live streams of WGN-TV newscasts.  Outside the Chicago area, WGN America is carried nationally via cable, telco and satellite.   WGN-TV is a Tribune Broadcasting station.  For additional information, visit WGN-TV’s website at WGNtv.com