Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) in Election  Guest post written by Carleen Tibbets. Warning: Spoilers ahead. Election, the 1999 film directed by Alexander Payne and based on the novel by Tom Perotta, chronicles type A personality Tracy Flick’s (Reese Witherspoon) quest to become student body president and the unraveling of her social sciences teacher, Mr. McAllister … Continue reading Women in Politics Week: A Lady Lonely at the Top: High School Politics Take an Ugly Turn in ‘Election’