Editing Markham, Illinois (section)

==Government==
In 2017, [[Roger Agpawa]] was elected [[mayor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/convicted-felon-roger-agpawa-wins-election-as-mayor-of-markham-illinois/|title = City elects convicted felon as mayor, prompting threat from prosecutor|website = [[CBS News]]}}</ref>  He had previously served as [[fire chief]] in neighboring [[Country Club Hills, Illinois|Country Club Hills]].  Having been convicted in 1999 of felony [[mail fraud]] in a federal [[health insurance]] case, he is one of the first [[convict]]ed [[felon]]s to have been elected [[mayor]].  Experts state that he would have been ineligible to serve in the highest office in that city, despite being sworn in as mayor in October 2018 after an 18-month legal battle.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/| title = Daily Southtown Opinion - Chicago Tribune| website = [[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-markham-mayor-agpawa-st-1005-story.html|title=After 18-month legal battle, convicted felon Roger Agpawa sworn in as Markham mayor|last=Slowik|first=Ted|date=October 4, 2018|work=Daily Southtown}}</ref>

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! style="background:#F5DEB3"|  <small>Mayors of Markham, Illinois</small>
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| William Sparger
| 1973–1985
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| Evans R Miller
| 1985–2001
| First African-American mayor.<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Suburbs Sprinkled with Upsets   |newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|date=April 4, 1985  |url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/04/04/suburbs-sprinkled-with-big-upsets/|via=|archive-url=| archive-date=|quote=In Markham, voters ousted 12-year Mayor William Sparger, electing their first black mayor, and 26-year Treasurer George Petersen was also defeated. Evans R. Miller, a former alderman, beat Sparger by 95 votes. }}</ref>
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| [[David Webb Jr.]]
| 2001–2017
| Second African American mayor. Sentenced to 2 years in prison for or $300,000 bribery scheme in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|first= Jason|last= Meisner|authorlink=   |title= Ex-Markham Mayor David Webb Jr. gets 2 years in prison in bribery scheme that included cash-filled coffee cups  |newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 22, 2021  |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2021/06/22/ex-markham-mayor-david-webb-jr-gets-2-years-in-prison-in-bribery-scheme-that-included-cash-filled-coffee-cups/ |via=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref>
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| Ernest Blevins
| 2017–2018
| Acting mayor<ref name=Nordahl>{{Cite news|first=Caitlin|last=  Nordahl |authorlink=   |title= Markham interim mayor's pay raise catches attention of watchdog group  |newspaper=[[South Cook News]]|date= December 18, 2017|url=https://southcooknews.com/stories/511297089-markham-interim-mayor-s-pay-raise-catches-attention-of-watchdog-group  |accessdate=}}</ref>
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|[[Roger Agpawa]]
| 2018–Present
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===Federal representation===
Markham is divided between two congressional districts. Most of the city is in [[Illinois's 2nd congressional district]], consisting of the area south of the [[Dan Ryan Expressway]] (I-57) that is bordered on the west by Homan Avenue from 155th to 161st streets, Trumbull Avenue from 161st to 163rd, and Lawndale Avenue from 163rd to 167th; the rest of the city is part of the [[Illinois' 1st congressional district|1st district]].

*1st Congressional District-Congressman [[Jonathan Jackson (Illinois politician)|Jonathan Jackson]]-[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
*2nd Congressional District-Congressman [[Robin Kelly]]-[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]

===State representation===
In the [[Illinois State Senate]] Markham is split by two districts:
*15th District-Senator [[Napoleon Harris|Napoleon B. Harris III]]-[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
*19th District-Senator [[Michael Hastings (politician)|Michael Hastings]]-[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]

In the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] Markham is split by two districts:
*30th District-Representative [[Will Davis (Illinois politician)|William Davis]]-[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
*38th District-Representative [[Debbie Meyers-Martin]]-[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]