A former council member, Hefner is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and a technology consultant with Accenture Federal Services.

Bohl is a private investigator and a bail enforcement agent who previously ran for mayor.

9 competing in contested elections in Balcones Heights, Castle Hills, Leon Valley

Jed Hefner works as a technology consultant with Accenture Federal Services. He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

9 competing in contested elections in Balcones Heights, Castle Hills ...

First elected mayor in 2004, Riley said she loves the job. While residents asked her to run for reelection, she left the door open for others to run against her.

Two challengers took the opportunity, but neither drew much traction. Evan Bohl, a member of the council’s Capital Facilities Oversight Committee who ran for mayor in the two previous elections and took 16% of the vote, and Jed Hefner, a former councilman who criticized the city’s new homeless camping ban as too harsh, and took 10%.

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Jed previously served as a Leon Valley councilman.

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2026 Texas General Election

As of September 24, 2026, Jed Hefner did not have a website or any information online.

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Hefner read off a list of some of the most commonly banned books — classics such as George Orwell’s “1984” and Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird — books that were “formative” to his education.

“Whether you agree or not with the content of a book, it is wholly un-American to ban books,” Hefner said. “If you choose not to read a book, that’s your right.”

Leon Valley City Council can now ban library books

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Now the cameras are unpopular among residents, Hefner said.

“Our citizens don’t want them,” Hefner said. “Getting rid of them is the right thing to do for our city.”

Leon Valley could be the last in Texas with red-light cameras

Calls for removing red-light cameras in Leon Valley.

- Calls for removing red-light cameras in Leon Valley.

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Jed Hefner

As of September 24, 2026, Jed Hefner’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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