Recapping Tuesday's Historic Primary Election

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Dr. Christopher Whitt

Published June 8, 2016 at 8:16 AM CDT

Hillary Clinton made history as the first woman to be a presumptive presidential nominee for a major party, but Bernie Sanders vows to march on to the convention.

Political analyst Dr. Chris Whitt joins us to talk about the significance of Hillary Clinton's accomplishment and comment on former Iowa Lt. Governor Patty Judge's primary victory to become Senator Chuck Grassley's challenger in the fall.

You can also stream the Facebook Live video of our discussion.

Every other Friday or so from now until the November election, we'll talk with Whitt about the national, statewide and local races from a Quad Cities perspective. You can hear all our conversations here.

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Dr. Christopher Whitt

Dr. Christopher Whitt is an Associate Professor and the Chair in the Political Science department at Augustana College. He also is the Director of Augustana College’s Center for Inclusive Leadership and Equity. His Ph.D in Government & Politics (Political Science) was earned at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Whitt is Augustana’s expert on American government and politics, the Presidency, political behavior, minority politics, and gender politics. He is also a leader at the college in community, faculty, and overall workforce diversity efforts. In addition to his roles at the college he is also the Political Analyst for KWQC, the Quad Cities’ NBC television affiliate. He also provides political analysis and commentary on the Quad Cities’ NPR affiliate, WVIK. Over the years, Dr. Whitt has taken on the role of one of the most prominent voices of political analysis in the Quad Cities region and even provides analysis internationally for France24’s English broadcast.

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