Michael D. Curran

Michael D. Curran was a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995. He was born September 23, 1945 in Quincy, Illinois. He earned a bachelors from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[1] He retired from the Illinois House of Representatives to run for Mayor of Springfield, losing to Karen Hasara. He and Vicki Mosley were the last two Democrats to represent Springfield in the Illinois General Assembly until the election of Andy Manar and Sue Scherer to the Illinois Senate and Illinois House, respectively.[2] A year later, he ran for Congress in Illinois's 18th congressional district losing to incumbent Ray LaHood. In 2003, Curran was sentenced to a year in federal prison for abusing his position with the Illinois Secretary of State.[3]

References
  1. Illinois Blue Book 1993-1994. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Secretary of State. 1994.
  2. Yeagle, Patrick (November 1, 2012). "Democrats get their Statehouse chance". Illinois Times. Springfield, Illinois. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  3. Long, Ray (December 7, 2003). "Former Springfield legislator sentenced". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
Preceded by
District created		 Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
from the 100th district
1983 – 1995		 Succeeded by
Gwen Klingler
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