Mark Curran | |
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Sheriff of Lake County | |
In office December 2006 –December 2018 | |
Preceded by | Gary Del Re |
Succeeded by | John Idleburg |
Personal details | |
Born | Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,U.S. | April 4,1963
Political party | Democratic (before 2008) Republican (2008–present) |
Education | Spring Hill College (BA) Illinois Institute of Technology (JD) |
Mark C. Curran Jr. (born April 4,1963) is an American attorney who served as Sheriff of Lake County,Illinois from 2006 to 2018. He was the Republican nominee in the 2020 United States Senate election in Illinois,losing to incumbent Democrat Dick Durbin.
Curran graduated from Loyola Academy in Wilmette,Illinois. [1] [2] He earned a Bachelor of Arts in business from Spring Hill College,and a Juris Doctor from the Illinois Institute of Technology's Chicago-Kent College of Law. [1] [2] Curran attended law enforcement and leadership courses at Boston University and Northwestern University. [2]
Curran began his career as a state prosecutor in Lake County in 1990,rising to Senior Felony Prosecutor.[ citation needed ] He then served as a prosecutor with the Illinois Attorney General from 1999 to 2002.[ citation needed ] In 2002,Curran went into private practice,concentrating in civil and criminal litigation.[ citation needed ]
Curran won the Democratic Party's primary election for the position of Sheriff of Lake County,Illinois on March 21,2006,and won the general election for that position in November 2006,defeating incumbent Gary Del Re. [3] In his elections and in his role as Sheriff,Curran has called for prison reform in Illinois,in which he includes a call for faith-based programming in prisons.[ citation needed ] In August 2008,Curran made national news when he voluntarily spent a week in the Lake County Jail. [4]
On December 15,2008,Curran announced that he was switching from the Democratic to Republican Party,calling his decision a "matter of conscience",stating that the scandals of Democratic governor Rod Blagojevich played a role in his decision. [5]
After apparent defeat in the 2018 general election by a margin of 137 votes,by challenger John Idleburg, [6] [7] Curran requested and lost a recount. [8] The day following the announcement of this result,Curran announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for the 2020 Illinois U.S. Senate Election.
Curran won the 2020 Republican primary for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate. His vote in the March 17, 2020, primary election was 41% of the votes cast, against four other candidates. The general election was held in November 2020, with Curran standing unsuccessfully against incumbent Dick Durbin and fellow challenger Willie Wilson.[ citation needed ]
Curran ran for the 2nd district of the Illinois Supreme Court, which was redrawn in 2021 to encompass Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, DeKalb County, and Kendall County counties. [9] He lost the election 55–45 to Democrat Elizabeth Rochford. [10]
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