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.
16 Facts About Sylvia Larsen
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Sylvia Larsen represented New Hampshire's 15th State Senate District for 20 years, from 1994 through 2014.
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Between 2008 and 2010, Larsen led the nation's first female majority legislative body.
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Sylvia Larsen earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1972.
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Sylvia Larsen served ten terms representing District 15, which includes the state's capital city of Concord, along with Henniker, Hopkinton and Warner.
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Sylvia 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.
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Sylvia Larsen sponsored laws establishing the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program, Healthy Kids and workforce housing opportunities.
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Sylvia Larsen served as the Senate's representative to the New Hampshire Children's Trust Fund and the Healthy Kids Corporation for 10 years.
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Sylvia Larsen served on the New Hampshire Workforce Opportunity Council and the New Hampshire Youth Council.
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In 2007, Sylvia Larsen was named Outstanding Legislator of the Year by the New Hampshire Association of Counties.
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Sylvia Larsen received the New Hampshire Award to End Homelessness in 2008.
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Sylvia Larsen was named Democratic Legislator of the Year in 2007 by the New Hampshire Social Workers Association.
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Sylvia Larsen served the City of Concord as a councilor-at-large from 1989 to 1998.
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Sylvia Larsen served on the Concord Regional Development Corporation, and is an incorporator of the Merrimack County Savings Bank.
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Sylvia Larsen is past-chair of the Families in Transition-Concord Advisory Board.
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In 2014, Sylvia Larsen announced that she would not seek re-election.