Cross Examination with Mark Curran Jan 20, 2023 (No.2)

This episode, Cross Examination with Mark Curran featured Anthony Curran, a former candidate for Illinois State Representative in the 2022 mid-terms. Anthony Curran is a Catholic who lives in Chicago, Ill., and opted to run for office supporting the Pro-Life agenda. Anthony Curran has seven children and also discussed his opinions of the Catholic schools in Chicago and Universities that no longer adhere to the teachings of the church.

The weekly show is on WSFI Catholic Radio 88.5 FM/750 AM broadcasting to Northern IL and Southern WI, January 2023. It airs every Tuesday at 4-5 pm. https://wsficatholicradio.org/

BIO Information on Host
Mark C. Curran Jr. 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. Curran graduated from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois. 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. Curran attended law enforcement and leadership courses at Boston University and Northwestern University. Curran began his career as a state prosecutor in Lake County in 1990, rising to Senior Felony Prosecutor. He then served as a prosecutor with the Illinois Attorney General from 1999 to 2002. In 2002, Curran went into private practice, concentrating in civil and criminal litigation.

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. 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.

In August 2008, Curran made national news when he voluntarily spent a week in the Lake County Jail. 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.