John Martin Antaramian (born September 21, 1954) is an American businessman and Democratic politician from Kenosha, Wisconsin.

He graduated from George Nelson Tremper High School and went on to attend Kenosha's University of Wisconsin–Parkside, where he earned his bachelor's degree in economics and business management in 1977.

[2] Antaramian ran a spirited campaign, attacking Dorff for becoming inaccessible to his constituents and not taking a significant part in the business of the Assembly.

He also advocated for increasing financial penalties for parents of juveniles who engage in certain crimes, and wanted Wisconsin's drinking age raised to 19.

In announcing his campaign, he also laid out three pillars to his platform: implementation of zero-based budgeting for the city, allocation of additional land and funding to industrial development for business and job growth, and expansion of community policing.

[20] After Antaramian formally entered the race, only one other candidate chose to run—first-term city councilmember Bob Johnson.

[27] Following the unrest after the shooting of Jacob Blake in August 2020, Antaramian requested the presence of the Wisconsin National Guard in Kenosha.

[28] Hundreds of protesters later forced Antaramian to relocate his press conference on the shooting from a local park to the city's public safety building, where the protestors were contained by police with pepper spray after tearing the building's front entrance door from its hinges.

Antaramian remained an advocate for vote-by-mail and other early voting options which allowed voters to avoid congregating in person at polling places.

In October 2020, Antaramian participated in a challenge with the mayors of Wisconsin's five largest cities (Racine's Cory Mason, Milwaukee's Tom Barrett, Green Bay's Eric Genrich, and Madison's Satya Rhodes-Conway) to see which city would have the highest rate of absentee and early voting.

Martin Antaramian was a successful lawyer in Kenosha for 43 years, in partnership with his brother, Richard, who was also a municipal judge.

[39] On January 16, 1982, John Antaramian married Linda Catherine Wesnick at St. Hagop Armenian Apostolic Church in Racine, Wisconsin.