Laura V. Sturgeon

District 4

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Sen. Laura Viviana Sturgeon represents the Fourth Senate District, which includes West Talleyville, Greenville, Centreville, Hockessin and parts of Pike Creek.

The daughter of Argentine immigrants, Sturgeon has lived or worked in Delaware since she was just over a year old. A proud graduate of Brandywine High School, she later earned a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in English literature, both from the University of Delaware.

Sturgeon worked as a public school teacher for 25 years before retiring from her job teaching Spanish at Concord High School in late 2019. She previously taught English at Delcastle Technical High School, where she was the 2001 Teacher of the Year, and at Hodgson Vocational Technical High School, where she was the English Department Chair from 2006-2009.

Prior to running for public office, Sturgeon served in an appointed position on her local teacher union’s executive committee and later won a seat on the board of the Delaware State Education Association, the largest union in the state. Those experiences, combined with her passion for women’s rights and her desire to help mold public education policy, inspired her to run for a seat in the Delaware General Assembly.

In 2018, Sturgeon become the first Latina ever elected to the Delaware State Senate, which stands as one of her proudest accomplishments.

Sen. Sturgeon currently serves as chair of the Senate Education Committee and a member of the Senate Labor and Elections & Government Affairs committees. She also holds a seat on the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee.

She and her husband Bill live in Woodbrook with their 2 standard poodles and 2 rescued cats.

Family

Spouse: Bill

Education

Brandywine High School, Class of 1983; Bachelor’s degree, Communications, University of Delaware, 1988; Master’s degree, Literature and Pedagogy, University of Delaware, 1994

Occupation

Retired public school teacher

Legislative Service:

Senate, 2018 to present

Committees:

Education, Chair
Labor, Member
Elections & Government Affairs, Member
Joint Finance, Member

Legislative Highlights

Senate Bill 4

Lawmakers have a fundamental responsibility to act as careful stewards of taxpayer dollars. That’s why the Senate passed Senate Bill 4, which will establish an independent Office of the Inspector General (OIG) as a non-partisan agency tasked with investigating and […]

Senate Bill 107

Senator Laura Sturgeon, chair of the Senate Education Committee, along with co-chair Rep. Kim Williams introduced and passed Senate Bill 107 with a unanimous vote in both chambers. SB 107 will establish the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists (ICSP), optimizing […]

Senate Bill 133

Continuing her focus on helping Delaware public schools provide evidence-based reading instruction proven to raise lagging literacy rates, Sen. Sturgeon ushered Senate Bill 133 through the Delaware General Assembly with unanimous support in both the Senate and the House. To […]

Senate Bill 78 (S)

To better protect students from harm, Sen. Sturgeon passed legislation in 2021 to close loopholes in Delaware law that once allowed people convicted of crimes against children to run for a seat on their local school board and permitted sitting […]