Tracy Quint

Tracy Quint is an American politician. She is currently serving in the Maine House of Representatives from the 144th district, having first been elected in 2020.

Career

In September 2020, incumbent Representative Gregory Swallow withdrew from the race for the Maine House of Representatives seat from the 144th district after winning the Republican primary unopposed. Tracy Quint announced that she would seek the seat instead in early October, running as a Republican. Her platform emphasized combatting obesity, support for small businesses, and the Second Amendment.[1] Quint won the election, defeating Democrat Kathryn Harnish with 68 percent of the vote.

In March 2021, Quint introduced a bill that would ban mandates of the COVID-19 vaccine in Maine until 2024. Quint said the measure was "not an anti-vaccine bill",[2] arguing in part that it was intended to stem reproductive harm. Patrick Whittle with the Associated Press pushed back on this claim, citing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's statement that there is "no evidence that any of the COVID-19 vaccines affect future fertility".[3] Whittle also said that Maine was not considering any vaccine mandates at the time of the bill's drafting.[3] The bill was later tabled in May 2021.[4]

In August 2021, Quint spoke at an anti-vaccination rally protesting a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for Maine healthcare workers.[5] The Maine Beacon said that the event "validated false and dangerous claims about vaccines, at times framing the public health initiative as a government experiment in violation of individual liberties."[6]

Electoral history
2020 Maine House of Representatives election, District 114[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tracy Quint 2,835 68.3%
Democratic Kathryn Harnish 1,325 31.7%

References
  1. "Quint launches bid for House District 144 seat". The County. October 7, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  2. Cole, Megan (March 4, 2021). "Rep. Tracy Quint gives update on how the session is going". WAGM. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  3. Whittle, Patrick (December 7, 2021). "Republicans in Maine eye 5-year ban on mandatory COVID shots". The Associated Press. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  4. "Vaccine mandate bill tabled". SeacoastOnline. May 11, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  5. MacDougall, Alexander (August 31, 2021). "Aroostook protesters resist vaccine mandate despite county's rising virus cases". The Bangor Daily News. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  6. "GOP lawmakers headline conspiracy-laden vaccine mandate protest". The Maine Beacon. August 19, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  7. "2020 Maine election results". Government of Maine. November 3, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
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