Addison Township Official's Home In Question

ELMHURST, IL – For nearly a week last month, Addison Township's main office had a banner in its front lawn, reading, "Ask Dennis: Where's Our Truck?"

A new one could read, "Where Does Bobby Live?"

Such a sign may not last long.

Bobby Hernandez, a Democrat, is currently the supervisor of Addison Township. In the April election, he ousted Republican Dennis Reboletti, who served two terms.

On Oct. 15, he registered to vote at a house in the 400 block of West Diversey Avenue in Addison. He remains registered there, according to records from the DuPage County Clerk's Office.

Two months later, Hernandez, 36, used that address in a filing with the state Board of Elections as the chairman of Democratic Candidates for Addison Township.

The Diversey house is now in foreclosure, with more than $253,392 still owed, according to DuPage County court records.

Hernandez and Rosa Hernandez are listed as owners of the house.

In the foreclosure action, a process server on July 1 tried to serve documents at the Diversey house.

According to the process server's affidavit, she spoke with a 26-year-old woman who stated she rents from Bobby Hernandez and Rosa Hernandez. She said she could not provide an address for the Hernandezes, the affidavit said.

In an email to Patch on Wednesday, Hernandez said he has lived in his house full time from 2021 through the April election.

"I have separated from my partner, and I still stay at my residence several days a month in order to spend time with my daughter," Hernandez said. "I am fortunate to have a reasonable, flexible co-parenting relationship."

"I cannot explain why a process server said that they met a person who claimed to rent from me at the Diversey Ave. address. I can attest that no one rents from that house, and both I and the mother of my daughter can attest to that," Hernandez said.

As for the foreclosure, Hernandez said, "The mother of my daughter and I miscommunicated on a number of issues and the payment of the mortgage slipped through the cracks. But I am currently engaged in a financial reclassification arrangement with the lender, and the house is in the process of being removed from foreclosure."

Board of Elections files show that Bobby Hernandez used an address in the 1800 block of 35th Avenue in Stone Park when making donations to Democratic candidates in 2022 and 2024.

The latter donation was shown as having been received in December 2024, two months after Hernandez changed his voter registration.

Stone Park is in Cook County and not in Addison Township.

Hernandez said his father of the same name owns the Stone Park house and that he has no financial interest in it.

"Furthermore, the reason the Stone Park address appeared on a contribution from December 2024 is that I made that contribution using the ActBlue app," Hernandez said. "I make very few contributions (the last before that is from 2022 and 2017). I had not updated my current address on Diversey in the ActBlue app, and it reported my old address. "

Hernandez said he was unable to respond earlier to Patch's messages because his grandmother died Wednesday morning.

"I am making arrangements to attend her funeral. My responses here should serve to clear up any misconceptions," he said.

Under state law, a supervisor must be a resident of the township for at least a year before filing nomination papers or being nominated at a caucus.

For the April election, township Democratic and Republican caucuses were held Dec. 3.