Sylvia Larsen
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Sylvia Larsen | |
|---|---|
 Larsen in 2013 | |
| President of the New Hampshire Senate | |
| In office 2006 – December 1, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Ted Gatsas |
| Succeeded by | Peter Bragdon |
| Member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 15th district | |
| In office December 7, 1994 – December 5, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Susan McLane |
| Succeeded by | Dan Feltes |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Robert M. Larsen |
| Profession | Politician |
Sylvia Bravo Larsen is a New Hampshire politician who was a Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate and its longest serving Democratic female leader. She represented New Hampshire's 15th State Senate District for 20 years, from 1994 through 2014.[1] Larsen served as Senate President from 2006 to 2010. Between 2008 and 2010, Larsen led the nation's first female majority legislative body.
Early life and education
[edit]Larsen earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1972.[2]
Career
[edit]Larsen served ten terms representing District 15, which includes the state's capital city of Concord, along with Henniker, Hopkinton and Warner. Prior to retiring in 2014, she was the Vice Chair of the Capital Budget Committee and a long-term member of the Senate Finance and Joint Fiscal Committees.
Larsen was Senate Democratic Leader for over a decade, becoming Senate President Pro Tempore and later was New Hampshire's longest serving female Senate President from 2006 to 2010. For two of those years, 2008 to 2010, she led the nation's first legislative body to include a majority of women with 13 female senators elected to the 24 member body.
In 2014, Larsen announced that she would not seek re-election.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Senate District 15". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ "Sylvia Larsen". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ Kathleen Ronayne (June 5, 2014). "After 2 decades serving Concord, Senate Democratic leader Sylvia Larsen announces retirement". Concord Monitor. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the New Hampshire Senate Democratic Caucus
- Profile at Vote Smart
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Democratic Party New Hampshire state senators
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Women state legislators in New Hampshire
- People from Troy, Ohio
- Presidents of the New Hampshire Senate
- 20th-century American politicians
- 20th-century American women politicians
- 21st-century American politicians
- 21st-century American women politicians
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni