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Trinidad Navarro
2017 - Present
2029
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Trinidad Navarro (Democratic Party) is the Delaware Insurance Commissioner. He assumed office on January 3, 2017. His current term ends on January 2, 2029.
Navarro (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Delaware Insurance Commissioner. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Trinidad Navarro lives in Bear, Delaware. He earned an A.A. degree in criminal justice from Delaware Technical and Community College and a B.A. degree from Wilmington University. Navarro's career experience includes working as a licensed insurance agent, New Castle County Police Department patrol officer and public relations office worker, and county sheriff. He volunteered as a member of the boards of the Canal Little League, Colonial Education Foundation, and Police Athletic League.[1]
Political career
Delaware Insurance Commissioner (2017 - Present)
Navarro was elected to the position of insurance commissioner of Delaware on November 8, 2016. He assumed office on January 3, 2017.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Delaware Insurance Commissioner election, 2024
General election
General election for Delaware Insurance Commissioner
Incumbent Trinidad Navarro defeated Ralph Taylor in the general election for Delaware Insurance Commissioner on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Trinidad Navarro (D) | 58.6 | 289,336 | |
| Ralph Taylor (R) | 41.4 | 204,393 | ||
| Total votes: 493,729 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Delaware Insurance Commissioner
Incumbent Trinidad Navarro defeated Kayode Abegunde in the Democratic primary for Delaware Insurance Commissioner on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Trinidad Navarro | 74.0 | 61,257 | |
| Kayode Abegunde | 26.0 | 21,569 | ||
| Total votes: 82,826 | ||||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Ralph Taylor advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware Insurance Commissioner.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Navarro in this election.
2020
See also: Delaware Insurance Commissioner election, 2020
General election
General election for Delaware Insurance Commissioner
Incumbent Trinidad Navarro defeated Julia Pillsbury in the general election for Delaware Insurance Commissioner on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Trinidad Navarro (D) | 59.5 | 286,743 | |
| Julia Pillsbury (R) | 40.5 | 195,305 | ||
| Total votes: 482,048 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Delaware Insurance Commissioner
Incumbent Trinidad Navarro defeated Kayode Abegunde in the Democratic primary for Delaware Insurance Commissioner on September 15, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Trinidad Navarro | 64.1 | 73,847 | |
| Kayode Abegunde | 35.9 | 41,429 | ||
| Total votes: 115,276 | ||||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Julia Pillsbury advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware Insurance Commissioner.
2016
Navarro filed to run as a Democratic candidate for Delaware insurance commissioner in 2016. He announced his candidacy on June 25, 2015, at The Clarion The Belle hotel in New Castle, Del. Before his announcement, he had already traveled around the state seeking support for a potential campaign.[3][4] Navarro competed with incumbent Karen Weldin Stewart in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2016.[3][4] He won the Democratic nomination and competed with Republican Jeff Cragg, who won his party's primary election, in the November 8 general election.
Trinidad Navarro defeated Jeff Cragg in the Delaware insurance commissioner election.
| Delaware Insurance Commissioner, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Trinidad Navarro |
59.29% | 246,428 | |
| Republican | Jeff Cragg | 40.71% | 169,228 | |
| Total Votes | 415,656 | |||
| Source: Delaware Secretary of State | ||||
Trinidad Navarro defeated incumbent Karen Weldin Stewart in the Delaware Democratic primary for insurance commissioner.
| Delaware Democratic primary for insurance commissioner, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Trinidad Navarro |
54.92% | 33,096 |
| Karen Weldin Stewart Incumbent | 45.08% | 27,163 |
| Total Votes | 60,259 | |
| Source: Delaware Department of Elections | ||
Campaign finance
| Trinidad Navarro Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| 06/30/2015-12/31/2015 | 01/19/2016 | $0 | $11,870.00 | $(21.24) | $11,848.76 | ||||
| 01/01/2016-08/14/2016 | 08/11/2016 | $11,848.76 | $49,270.00 | $(29,486.71) | $31,632.05 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $61,140 | $(29,507.95) | ||||||||
2014
Navarro was re-elected as New Castle County sheriff, winning in a landslide with 89 percent of the vote against a Libertarian opponent.[4]
2010
Navarro defeated longtime Sheriff Mike Walsh in the September 2010 Democratic primary for New Castle County sheriff. He went on to win the November general election.[4]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Trinidad Navarro did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Trinidad Navarro did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Navarro's campaign website included the following statement:
| “ | My campaign mission is to inform Delawareans of the importance of insurance to virtually all citizens. The actions and inactions of the current Commissioner relating to the affordability and availability of insurance for Delawareans has had a significant negative impact on consumers. Delaware has a clear choice in the next election to put our citizens first."[5][6] | ” |
Campaign finance summary
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See also
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External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Trinidad Navarro, "About the candidate," accessed August 16, 2016
- ↑ Delaware.gov, "Trinidad Navarro Sworn in as Delaware’s 26th Insurance Commissioner," January 4, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named2016election - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Jonathan Starkey, DelawareOnline, "Navarro plans insurance commissioner campaign," June 23, 2015
- ↑ Trinidad Navarro, "Home," accessed August 16, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Preceded by Karen Weldin Stewart (D) |
Delaware Insurance Commissioner 2017-Present |
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New Castle County Sheriff 2011-2017 |
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