| Trinidad Navarro | |
| Office: | Insurance Commissioner of Delaware |
| Governor: | John Carney |
| Term Start: | January 17, 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Karen Weldin Stewart |
| 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. He is a Democrat.
Navarro received his associate's degree from Delaware Technical Community College.[1] He later earned a BA from Wilmington University and served as a police officer for New Castle County for over 20 years.[2] 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]