Mark Curran
Mark Curran | |
|---|---|
| Sheriff of Lake County | |
| In office December 2006 – December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Gary Del Re |
| Succeeded by | John Idleburg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 4, 1963 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 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 Democratic Party incumbent Dick Durbin. In 2022, he ran as the Republican nominee for the 2nd district seat on the Illinois Supreme Court, losing to Democratic Party nominee Elizabeth Rochford.