Don Tracy

She supports enacting Medicare for everyone, which Schumer does not support, and raising the federal minimum wage to $25.

That's up from the current $7.25. She's going to face Don Tracy, former chair of the Illinois Republican Party in November.

If she prevails, she would serve alongside Senators Lisa Blunt, Rochester of Delaware, and Angela Alsabrooks, of Maryland, marking a historic development.

Her primary win underscores the complicated dynamics facing the Democratic Party and the nation.

[gasps]

So they spent two whole segments, almost a half hour, with Don Tracy.

Good.

And I thought that was wonderful.

It was...

And they, and they mentioned three times, "We're gonna continue our conversation with US Senate candidate Don Tracy because Juliana Stratton refused to show up for this debate." And it wasn't a town hall.

It was just an anchor interviewing the two candidates, and she was a no-show.

They just take the voters for granted.

It reads as such.

Raymond, for whom do you plan to vote for in Senate in November? Juliana Stratton, Don Tracy, others won't vote from Titus surveys.

And did you see my response? I did.

F off.

Not all Illinois Republicans who were running for office were down there.

The Senate candidate nominee, Don Tracy, skipped it.

That was sort of a theme across the party and folks who were Running for office, not all Republicans were down there on this, but I definitely saw a few.

And then, of course, we saw the governor, our governor, J.B. Fritzger, down there as well in Texas doing some counterprogramming.

I'm not silent about it.

We've had Don Tracy, the Republican nominee, on the show.

We will again, I'm sure, multiple times between now and November.

We've...

to impact it and i think that michelle tofoya is the sneaky race in the senate while people were paying attention to maine and that uh put a tenth on that circus and michigan as well that's where all the attention is happening but michelle's working her tail off there and i know she's got a great team helping her do it that if people are looking to get involved, and like you talk about, get the resources to really put both Dukes up and say, we're gonna fight this out to the very end.

If you're in Missouri, if you're in Illinois and you're listening right now, and you don't feel confident, we've got a Senate race, Dick Durbin is resigning, but I mean, nobody thinks that that's gonna go Republican, although Don Tracy's gonna give it his best go.

Minnesota could use the help.

Michelle Tafoya could use the help.

I know I'm voting for Darren Bailey here in Illinois.

I know I'm voting for Don Tracy here in Illinois.

I know I'm voting for Brian Drew and Max Solomon and Diane Harris and Bob Fioretti as far as the statewide races go.

So I want to get my ballot in the mail as soon as possible so that the people who are on the campaigns for these elections know that they don't have to bother me with texts and mailings.

You know, it's the same old group trying to run the party.

Folks, I don't know what effect the governor's race has on down-ballot issues or even up-ballot with Don Tracy in that race for U.S. Senate.

I don't know, but, boy, this campaign is absolutely – it's been flatlined and even becomes even more solid flatline.

It's just not exciting the electorate.