Trinidad Navarro | |
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Insurance Commissioner of Delaware | |
Assumed office January 17, 2017 | |
Governor | John Carney |
Preceded by | Karen Weldin Stewart |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Delaware Technical Community College (AA) Wilmington University (BA) |
Trinidad Navarro is an American politician who is the Delaware Insurance Commissioner and previously served as New Castle County Sheriff. [1] He is a Democrat.
Navarro received his associate's degree from Delaware Technical Community College. [2] He later earned a BA from Wilmington University and served as a police officer for New Castle County for over 20 years. [1] In 2010,he was elected New Castle County Sheriff. [3]
In 2016,Navarro defeated incumbent Democrat Karen Weldin Stewart in the primary election for state insurance commissioner,earning 55 percent of the vote. [4] He went on to win the general election with 60 percent of the vote against Republican Jeffrey Cragg. [5] In 2020,he was reelected to a second consecutive term in office. [6]
In October 2019,a federal lawsuit filed against Navarro by Delaware Department of Insurance employee Fleur McKendell alleged that she had been a victim of workplace sexual and racial discrimination. Included in the suit are claims that Navarro inappropriately touched McKendell's cornrows and made comments about her height and weight. [7] A second lawsuit alleging harassment was filed against Navarro by an employee in January 2020. [8]
In 2022,the state government paid $440,000 to settle McKenndell's lawsuits against Navarro and his administration. [9] In June 2024,after a week-long trial,a federal jury found that Navarro had not engaged in misconduct in a separate lawsuit filed against him by another former worker. [10]
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