Senate Underdog Tracy: "Can't Think of a Single Regret"
Republican Senate candidate Don Tracy. (Photo: Chicago Tribune)
Don Tracy knows he’s the underdog.
The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate has pumped millions of his own money into his race against Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton goes into Tuesday’s election knowing he’s not favored to win.
“I’ve always said I’m an underdog and I very much believe that,” Tracy, an attorney and former Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, said. “We’ve certainly been running under the radar. I like being under the radar. I’ve been working my tail off, meeting ang greeting a lot of people, getting a lot of great reaction.”
Campaigning in suburban Wheaton, Naperville, and Joliet Monday, the day before the close of the fall campaign, Tracy said internal polling “is moving the right way.”
While national winds paint to strong Democratic victories Tuesday, Tracy says he doesn’t see the wave developing in Illinois, which gives him a puncher’s chance to pull an upset.
“When you’re out campaigning, I don’t feel it. I don’t feel a blue wave,” Tracy said. “Maybe I’m going to the wrong places, but I’m going to car shows and Oktoberfests and parades and farmers markets. I just don’t feel that a blue wave could come.”
When the dust settles, Tracy says he has no regrets.
“I feel like I have done the best I can do with the resources that I had,” he said. “I can’t think of a single regret. I’m very glad I ran this race. I’m glad to be in a position to win this open seat. We just need for Illinois voters to make their decision. The jury is almost out.”
