Trinidad Navarro

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.

Trinidad Navarro
Insurance Commissioner of Delaware
Assumed office
January 17, 2017
GovernorJohn Carney
Preceded byKaren Weldin Stewart
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
EducationDelaware Technical Community College
Wilmington University (BA)

Education and career

Navarro 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.[2] In 2016, Navarro defeated incumbent Democrat Karen Weldin Stewart in the primary election for state insurance commissioner, earning 55 percent of the vote.[3] He went on to win the general election with 60 percent of the vote against Republican Jeffrey Cragg.[4]

Harassment allegations

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.[5] A second lawsuit alleging harassment was filed against Navarro by an employee in January 2020.[6]

References
  1. "Trinidad Navarro – Biography". Delaware Department of Insurance. State of Delaware. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  2. Shea, Brianna (October 31, 2016). "Navarro, Craig vying for insurance commissioner seat". Newark Post.
  3. "State of Delaware Primary Election Results". Office of the State Election Commissioner. Delaware Department of Elections. September 13, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  4. "State of Delaware General Election Official Results". Office of the State Election Commissioner. Delaware Department of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  5. Gamard, Sarah (2019-10-30). "Lawsuit alleges racism, sexism against Delaware insurance department employee". The News Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  6. Irizarry, Joe (2020-01-10). "Another harassment lawsuit filed against Insurance Commissioner". www.delawarepublic.org. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
Political offices
Preceded by
Karen Weldin Stewart		 Insurance Commissioner of Delaware
2017–present		 Incumbent
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