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. From 2006 through 2010, during the period when Democrats had regained control of the chamber, Larsen served as Senate President. Between 2008 and 2010, Larsen made history as she led the nation's first female majority legislative body with 13 women and 11 men. Legislative accomplishments include sponsoring the nation' s first tax-free college savings 529 plan, the Unique Plan, and NH's first paycheck fairness plan safeguarding equal pay for equal work.