Martin J. Oberman served as alderman of Chicago's 43rd Ward from 1975 until 1987. He ran for Illinois Attorney General in 1981, 1986, and again in 1994. He worked for a time as a lawyer in private practice.
In 2014 he was selected to chair the board of directors of Metra, the Chicago commuter rail system.
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