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Trinidad Navarro
Trinidad Navarro
Insurance Commissioner of Delaware
	Incumbent
	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.

Education and career

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]

State Insurance Commissioner

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]

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.^[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]