Chuck Curran

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Other people|Charles Curran}}

{{BLP sources|date=July 2011}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Charles J. Curran - 6th Senate District - Ohio Senate 113th General Assemby 1979-1980 - DPLA - 7bb6d60c91a677b9f9cca07b5c3a0eb5 (page 7) (cropped).jpg

| name = Chuck Curran

| state_senate = Ohio

| state = Ohio

| district = 6th

| term_start = January 9, 1979

| term_end = December 13, 1982

| preceded = Tony P. Hall

| succeeded = Tom Fries

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|6|01}}

| birth_place = Galion, Ohio

| spouse = Mara Ann Wahl

| children = 3

| profession = Senator, County Commissioner, City Commissioner, Teacher, Professor, Reference Librarian

| alma_mater = Bellefontaine High School
Eastern Illinois University

| religion =

| party = Democrat (1970–1996)
Republican (1996–present)

}}

Charles J. Curran (born June 1, 1939, in Galion, Ohio) is an American politician.{{cite news|url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/oh/story/opinions/editorial/2006/11/03/ddn110306ellenxx.html|title=No dirt here, but Dan Foley should be on county commission|last=Belcher|first=Ellen|date=November 3, 2006|work=Dayton Daily News|accessdate=3 July 2011}}

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 to 1965, and he worked as a Reference Librarian at Belmont High School from 1965 to 1966. In 1966, Curran was hired as a Political Science instructor at Sinclair Community College in Dayton.

He served as a Democrat on the city commission of Dayton, from 1970 to 1979. He later served as the Democratic Ohio State Senator for the 6th district from 1979 to 1983. 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.{{cite news|url=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|title=Curran leaving job, but was always there for county|last=Huffman|first=Dale|date=8 December 2006|work=Dayton Daily News|accessdate=3 July 2011}} He continues to serve as associate professor of political science at Sinclair Community College. {{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

On June 15, 1963, Curran married Mara Ann Wahl (born October 19, 1941); the couple has three children.