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Martin Jay Oberman (April 23, 1945) is an American government official and attorney who served as a member of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) from 2019 to 2024 and as STB chair from 2021 to 2024. He previously served as the chair of the board of directors at Metra, the Chicago commuter rail system. [6]
He was appointed to the board of directors of Metra by Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley in 1997 and became acting chairman in April 2011. [11] The board was supposed to select a permanent chairman from within its ranks by July 2011, but Huggins felt the chairmanship was a Republican position and withdrew himself from consideration. [12]
5 directors from the collar counties, each appointed by their respective County Board Chairs.; 1 director appointed with the concurrence of 11 of the other RTA Board members, including at least 2 each from Chicago, suburban Cook County, and the collar counties, respectively, who becomes the Board Chair. [4]
Metra EMD F40C No. 614 in Chicago. The board of the RTA Commuter Rail Division first met in 1984. In an effort to simplify the operation of commuter rail in the Chicago area, in July 1985 it adopted a unified brand for the entire system–Metra, or Metropolitan Rail. [11]
The Chicago Board of Elections claimed that early voting turnout in its 2023 municipal election was higher than early voting turnout in any previous Chicago municipal election. [204] Vallas and Johnson advanced to the April runoff.
On a Wednesday morning in May, Metra staff and board members gathered at the LaSalle Street Station outside the Chicago Stock Exchange building. Ordinarily, they would have met at the commuter ...
An election for mayor of Chicago is scheduled to be held on February 23, 2027. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, a runoff election will be held on April 6, 2027. [1] Incumbent mayor Brandon Johnson is eligible to run for a second term in office, as there are no term limits for the office. Johnson was first elected in 2023.
In the 2022 election, Brandon Johnson was re-elected as commissioner for the 1st district on the Cook County Board of Commissioners. After his election as Mayor of Chicago in 2023, Tara Stamps was appointed to replace him. [6] Stamps is running for re-election to a full term, and faces a challenger in the Democratic primary election.