Who will be the next mayor of Markham? That's up for debate, with certification deadline Tuesday By Fox 32 Digital Team Published Question of who’s going to be the next mayor of Markham remains in dispute The question of who is going to be the next mayor of Markham, Illinois, remains in dispute just a couple days before the certification deadline. There is a still a question in the south suburbs as to who will be the next mayor of Mayor Roger Agpawa won re-election with over 80 percent of the vote. But an Illinois appellate court has ruled he is not eligible to hold state office, because of a 1999 mail fraud conviction. The ruling overturns earlier decisions by a lower court and the local election board. The issue first came up when he ran in 2017.