Lake County Re-Elects Mark Curran as Sheriff

Photo caption: Sheriff Mark Curran (left) faced newcomer Jason Patt (right) in Tuesday’s election.

Sheriff Mark Curran will continue in his post after beating newcomer Jason Patt in Tuesday’s race for Lake County Sheriff.

With all precincts reporting Tuesday night, Curran, an eight-year incumbent, had 109,273 total votes while Patt, 36, an investigator for the Lake County Coroner’s Office, received 75,651 total votes, according to unofficial results.

Tuesday’s elections comes following some controversial years for Curran. He has been criticized for how he handled a sex discrimination case and the deaths of two former inmates -- incidents that lead to lawsuits, according to the Chicago Tribune. Two of those lawsuits cost the county millions.

But Curran, a former prosecutor for the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, has said disgruntled employees are to blame for some of those controversies and adds that his management experience made him the candidate to continue as sheriff, the Chicago Tribune reports.

The only management experience Patt had came during his time as a lead petty officer in the Navy between 1996 and 2004.

Here is a look at the unofficial results from other county races:

Lake County Clerk

• Carla N. Wyckoff (REP): 108,117
• Janet E. Kilkelly (DEM): 79,617

Lake County Treasurer

• David Stolman (REP): 109,273
• Glenn Ryback (DEM): 77,859

Lake County Board Member (District 6)

• Jeff Werfel (REP): 5,136
• John R. Wylie (DEM): 3,701

Lake County Board Member (District 9)

• Mary Ross-Cunningham (DEM): 2,224
• Germain Castellanos (IND): 1,191

Lake County Board Member (District 10)

• Charles ‘’Chuck’’ Bartels (REP): 7,613
• Mike Jennings (DEM): 4,156

For more Lake County Election results, visit the county clerk’s website

NOTE: Tuesday’s results are unofficial and do not include provisional and late absentee ballots and also does not include write-in candidates.