Chuck Curran
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| Chuck Curran | |
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| Member of the Ohio Senate from the 6th district |
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| In office January 9, 1979 - December 13, 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Tony P. Hall |
| Succeeded by | Tom Fries |
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| Political party | Democrat 1970-1996 Republican 1996-present |
Charles J. Curran (June 1, 1939, Galion, Ohio) is an American politician.[1]
He was born in 1939 in Galion, Ohio, the son of a railroad construction worker. He graduated from Bellefontaine High School in Bellefontaine, Ohio in 1958. After high school, Curran ended up in Charleston, Illinois where he earned a bachelor's degree in government and library science from Eastern Illinois University in 1963. He completed some graduate work at Miami University and the University of Dayton.
Curran relocated to Dayton, Ohio in 1963 to handle government documents for the Dayton Public Library. He then worked as a Social Sciences teacher at Fairborn High School from 1963–65, and he worked as a Reference Librarian at Belmont High School from 1965-66. In 1966, Curran was hired as a Political Science instructor at Sinclair Community College in Dayton.
On June 15, 1963, Curran married Mara Ann Wahl (born October 19, 1941); the couple has three children.
He served as a Democrat on the city commission of Dayton, from 1970-79. He later served as the Democratic Ohio State Senator for the 6th district from 1979-83. In 1983, Charles began his first of 6 four-year terms as Montgomery County Commissioner (served 1983-2006). In 1996, Curran switched to the Republican Party. In November 2006, he was defeated by Democratic candidate, Dan Foley.[2] He continues to serve as Associate Professor of Political Science at Sinclair Community College.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Belcher, Ellen (November 3, 2006). "No dirt here, but Dan Foley should be on county commission". Dayton Daily News. http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/oh/story/opinions/editorial/2006/11/03/ddn110306ellenxx.html. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ Huffman, Dale (8 December 2006). "Curran leaving job, but was always there for county". Dayton Daily News. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DDNB&p_theme=ddnb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=115F8611B928F328&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
