Tracy Flick Can't Win is a 2022 novel by American author Tom Perrotta.^[1] It was published by Scribner and is a sequel to the 1998 novel Election.^[2][3] In the audiobook of the 2022 novel, Tracy Flick is voiced by Lucy Liu.^[4] A film adaptation is in works at Paramount+ with Reese Witherspoon set to reprise her role as Tracy and Alexander Payne set to direct.^[5]

In the book, it is revealed that Tracy started law school, but had to drop out to tend to her mother, who became sick with multiple sclerosis. As a law student, Tracy also became pregnant during an affair with a professor named Daniel, and opted not to have an abortion per her mother's request. Tracy then became a substitute teacher, and eventually became vice principal of her high school. When the position of school principal came open, she found herself forced to maneuver through various political tides in her effort to obtain the position. Although school board members planned to give the job to a former football coach, in the aftermath of a shooting at the school, they end up giving Tracy the promotion.