Erika Natalie Louise Harold (born February 20, 1980) is an American attorney and politician. She is the Republican nominee for Illinois Attorney General in the 2018 election. She previously was a Republican candidate for the 13th Congressional District seat in the State of Illinois. Harold was Miss Illinois 2002 and Miss America 2003. Her platform was combating bullying.
Harold was born in Urbana, Illinois. Her ethnic background includes being Greek, German and English on her father's side, and on her mother's side, both Native-American, and African-American.
She graduated from the University of Illinois, Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in political science and was a Chancellor's Scholar. In 2007, she received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she won best brief in the Harvard Ames Moot Court semi-final and final rounds of competition. She has worked in Chicago, Illinois, as an associate attorney at Sidley Austin LLP and at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella. She currently works for Meyer Capel law firm in Champaign, Illinois.