Jeffery Bowen
Jeffery Bowen ran for election for Mayor of Austin in Texas. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Bowen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jeffery Bowen was born in Valparaiso, Indiana. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1975 to 1976. He earned a high school diploma from Humble High School, an associate degree from the Community College of the Air Force in 1993, and a bachelor's degree from Park University in 1994. His career experience includes working as a business owner in construction services and new and remodel services. Bowen has been affiliated with the Austin Neighborhoods Council.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Mayoral election in Austin, Texas (2024)
General election
General election for Mayor of Austin
Incumbent Kirk Watson defeated Carmen Llanes Pulido, Kathie Tovo, Jeffery Bowen, and Doug Greco in the general election for Mayor of Austin on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kirk Watson (Nonpartisan) | 50.0 | 166,890 |
 | Carmen Llanes Pulido (Nonpartisan)  | 20.4 | 68,042 | |
 | Kathie Tovo (Nonpartisan) | 16.7 | 55,715 | |
 | Jeffery Bowen (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 27,055 | |
 | Doug Greco (Nonpartisan) | 4.7 | 15,768 | |
| Total votes: 333,470 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bowen in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jeffery Bowen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bowen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Luann and I have lived in Southwest Austin for 35 years. We and our two children were transferred back home to Texas in 1989 where I served at Bergstrom Air Force Base as a Leadership and Management Instructor. I served just over twenty years, in the United States Air Force, where I held positions as a Construction Manager, aircraft Crew Chief and a Radar site evaluator until I retired. Both Luann and I have our own small businesses. I have a Construction Services company and Luann has a sewing business. Currently, I am very involved in the Austin Community. I am board member on the City of Austin Board of Adjustments for District 6. I serve as 1st Vice President for Austin Neighborhoods Council and have served five years as the Southwest sector rep.
ANC representative to the Austin’s Water Quality Protection Lands (WQPL) Project Connect Ambassador Network (PCAN) for Austin Neighborhoods Council representing neighborhoods through the process for two years before the vote and after for Austin Transit and Light Rail system.
Austin Habitat volunteer – developed and taught Habitat’s Home Owner maintenance program- A complete independent Audit of the City of Austin. The recently passed budget of 5.9 billion is totally out of control. How do the taxpayers / shareholders knows where the money is actually going? An external audit would be accomplished over a five year time line.
Each year a large department like water, power or transportation and several smaller departments would be audited. The next year the same to different departments. Lessons from those audits would be implemented in departments and those that still need to be audited that can implement portions. This would be a continuous process and evaluated until ALL departments, including boards and commission are audited.
Money for these audits would be in the yearly budget. - There is a lack of transparency and accountability to the taxpayers of Austin. There is a high level of mistrust among the citizens of this council and staff. Recent lawsuits against the city proves they believe they are above the law and not accountable the citizens. Council passes ordinances that violates state laws and have been sued for such behaviors. Recently, council violated the Texas Open Meeting Act regarding the handling of changes to the city charter. The city was sued again and found they violated the rules. When will it stop? Citizens deserve better.
- Safety - We need a police contract. When there is an emergency situation, we need to make sure there is someone to respond. We need to make sure we have enough emergency staff to respond. We need to ensure that we have enough police, firefighters, EMS and call center employees to respond to the needs of the citizens.
The City of Austin wants to get out of the Fayette Power plant by 2029. Yet has not explained how to replace the kilowatt hours needed. Wind does not always blow and the sun is only out so many hours of the day.
How will they provide AFFORDABLE electricity to the owners of Austin Energy. 2029 is five years away. Timeline to build a power plant is longer than that.
It is a VERB.
Honesty
Ability to listen to constituents and respond.
Leadership skills
The ability to say NO
Fiscally Responsible with budgets and resources
Awareness of Unintended Consequences
Digging a ditch with a shovel for the installation of a gas line around a small lake for gas lights at 14.
or
It impacts EVERYTHING.
That's all I got.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 8, 2024
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