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'''Mark Cooney Curran, Jr.''' (born April 4, 1963 (age {{age|1963|4|4}})) is an [[Illinois]] attorney and former [[Democrat]] who served as the [[sheriff]] of Lake County from 2006 to 2018. He is currently running for [[U.S. Senate]] from the state in the [[2020 United States Senate election in Illinois|2020 election]] to challenge incumbent [[leftist]] [[Richard Durbin]]. While serving as sheriff, he has prosecuted street gangs and made efforts to combat gang violence.<ref>[https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/us-senate-candidate-mark-curran/63-a7fa964c-e080-4377-8bb3-5a58441e53df US Senate candidate Mark Curran]</ref>

'''Mark Cooney Curran, Jr.''' (born April 4, 1963 (age {{age|1963|4|4}})) is an [[Illinois]] attorney and former [[Democrat]] who served as the [[sheriff]] of Lake County from 2006 to 2018. He unsuccessfully ran for [[U.S. Senate]] from the state in the [[2020 United States Senate election in Illinois|2020 election]] to challenge incumbent [[leftist]] [[Richard Durbin]].

 

While serving as sheriff, he has prosecuted street gangs and made efforts to combat gang violence.<ref>[https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/us-senate-candidate-mark-curran/63-a7fa964c-e080-4377-8bb3-5a58441e53df US Senate candidate Mark Curran]</ref>

Following the [[2020 Leftwing insurrection]], Curran wrote an op-ed for [[RCP]] calling for taking "politics out of policing".<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/09/25/an_answer_to_urban_violence_take_politics_out_of_policing_144291.html#! An Answer to Urban Violence: Take Politics Out of Policing]</ref>

Following the [[2020 Leftwing insurrection]], Curran wrote an op-ed for [[RCP]] calling for taking "politics out of policing".<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/09/25/an_answer_to_urban_violence_take_politics_out_of_policing_144291.html#! An Answer to Urban Violence: Take Politics Out of Policing]</ref>

===Debate(s)===

===Debate(s)===

A debate for the upcoming election between Curran and Durbin was held in late September 2020 and hosted by the ''Daily Herald''.<ref>[https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200923/watch-durbin-curran-duel-in-us-senate-debate Watch Durbin, Curran duel in U.S. Senate debate]</ref>

A debate for the upcoming election between Curran and Durbin was held in late September 2020 and hosted by the ''Daily Herald''.<ref>[https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200923/watch-durbin-curran-duel-in-us-senate-debate Watch Durbin, Curran duel in U.S. Senate debate]</ref>

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