John Kuempel
2011 - Present
2025
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John Kuempel (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 44. He assumed office in 2011. His current term ends on January 14, 2025.
Kuempel (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 44. He lost in the Republican primary runoff on May 28, 2024.
Biography
John received a bachelor′s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He was born and raised in Seguin and was one of the Top-Ten graduates of Seguin High School. He was active in high school sports, playing football and baseball before becoming a walk-on member of the University of Texas football team.
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Kuempel was assigned to the following committees:
- House Administration Committee
- Environmental Regulation Committee
- House Higher Education Committee, Chair
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2021-2022
Kuempel was assigned to the following committees:
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2019-2020
Kuempel was assigned to the following committees:
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2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Licensing & Administrative Procedures, Chair |
| • State Affairs |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Kuempel served on the following committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • General Investigating & Ethics, Chair |
| • Licensing & Administrative Procedures |
| • State Affairs |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Kuempel served on the following committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Calendars |
| • Culture, Recreation, & Tourism |
| • House Administration |
| • Licensing & Administrative Procedures, Vice chair |
2011-2012
Kuempel served on the following Texas House of Representatives committees:
| Texas committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Culture, Recreation, & Tourism |
| • Licensing & Administrative Procedures |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 44
Alan Schoolcraft defeated Eric Norman in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alan Schoolcraft (R) | 65.2 | 57,179 |
 | Eric Norman (D)  | 34.8 | 30,565 | |
| Total votes: 87,744 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 44
Alan Schoolcraft defeated incumbent John Kuempel in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on May 28, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alan Schoolcraft | 55.5 | 8,914 |
 | John Kuempel | 44.5 | 7,136 | |
| Total votes: 16,050 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44
Eric Norman advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Norman | 100.0 | 4,241 |
| Total votes: 4,241 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44
Alan Schoolcraft and incumbent John Kuempel advanced to a runoff. They defeated Greg Switzer and David Freimarck in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alan Schoolcraft | 48.1 | 10,922 |
| ✔ | | John Kuempel | 45.0 | 10,231 |
| Greg Switzer | 4.6 | 1,036 | |
| David Freimarck | 2.3 | 524 | |
| Total votes: 22,713 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 44
Incumbent John Kuempel defeated Robert M. Bohmfalk in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Kuempel (R) | 69.3 | 42,558 |
 | Robert M. Bohmfalk (D) | 30.7 | 18,857 | |
| Total votes: 61,415 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44
Robert M. Bohmfalk advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert M. Bohmfalk | 100.0 | 5,009 |
| Total votes: 5,009 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44
Incumbent John Kuempel advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Kuempel | 100.0 | 16,406 |
| Total votes: 16,406 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 44
Incumbent John Kuempel defeated Robert M. Bohmfalk and Julian Mardock in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Kuempel (R) | 67.4 | 67,308 |
| Robert M. Bohmfalk (D) | 29.5 | 29,433 | |
| Julian Mardock (L) | 3.1 | 3,100 | |
| Total votes: 99,841 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44
Robert M. Bohmfalk advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert M. Bohmfalk | 100.0 | 9,986 |
| Total votes: 9,986 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44
Incumbent John Kuempel advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Kuempel | 100.0 | 21,836 |
| Total votes: 21,836 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 44
Julian Mardock advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on March 21, 2020.
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 44
Incumbent John Kuempel defeated John Rodgers in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Kuempel (R) | 68.6 | 48,704 |
| John Rodgers (D) | 31.4 | 22,253 | |
| Total votes: 70,957 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44
John Rodgers advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Rodgers | 100.0 | 4,281 |
| Total votes: 4,281 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44
Incumbent John Kuempel advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 44 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Kuempel | 100.0 | 14,547 |
| Total votes: 14,547 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[1]
Incumbent John Kuempel defeated Robert M. Bohmfalk in the Texas House of Representatives District 44 general election.[2]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 44 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  John Kuempel Incumbent |
72.57% | 53,997 | |
| Democratic | Robert M. Bohmfalk | 27.43% | 20,411 | |
| Total Votes | 74,408 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Robert M. Bohmfalk ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 44 Democratic Primary.[3][4]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 44 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Robert M. Bohmfalk (unopposed) | |
Incumbent John Kuempel ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 44 Republican Primary.[3][4]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 44 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | John Kuempel Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent John Kuempel was unopposed in the Republican primary. Robert M. Bohmfalk was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Kuempel defeated Bohmfalk in the general election.[5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | John Kuempel Incumbent |
75.7% | 30,558 | |
| Democratic | Robert Bohmfalk | 24.3% | 9,821 | |
| Total Votes | 40,379 | |||
2012
Kuempel ran in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 44. The primary election took place on May 29, 2012 and was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8]
2010
Kuempel faced 8 opponents in the December 14, 2010 special election to Texas House of Representatives District 44 which occurred due to the death of Representative Edmund Kuempel.
| Texas House of Representatives, District 44 2010 Special election results | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| John Kuempel (R)
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7,245 | 65.69% | ||
| Daniel Rodriguez Andrade (D) | 119 | 1.07% | ||
| Ron Avery (R) | 79 | .71% | ||
| Chris Burchell (R) | 73 | .66% | ||
| Tony Gergely (L) | 62 | .56% | ||
| Gary Inmon (R) | 1,123 | 10.18% | ||
| Myrna McElroy (R) | 1,022 | 9.26% | ||
| Cheryl Dees Patterson (D) | 689 | 6.24% | ||
| Robin Walker (D) | 544 | 4.93% | ||
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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2023
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In 2023, the Texas State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 29.
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2022
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2021
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In 2021, the Texas State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 31.
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2020
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2019
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In 2019, the Texas State Legislature was in its 86th legislative session from January 8 through May 27.
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2018
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2017
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In 2017, the Texas State Legislature was in its 85th legislative session from January 10 through May 29. A special session was held from July 18 to August 15.
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2016
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2015
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In 2015, the Texas State Legislature was in its 84th legislative session from January 13 through June 1.
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2014
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2013
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In 2013, the Texas State Legislature was in its 83rd legislative session from January 8 through May 27. Thirty minutes after the regular session ended, Governor Rick Perry called legislators back for a special session starting that evening.[9] Two additional called sessions were held from July 1 through July 30 and July 30 through August 5.[10]
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2012
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2011
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In 2011, the Texas State Legislature was in its 82nd legislative session from January 11 through May 30. A special session was called for May 31 through June 29.[10]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History," accessed February 17, 2014
- ↑ kten.com, "Texas Lawmakers To Tackle Redistricting In Special Session," May 29, 2013
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Legislative reference Library of Texas, "Texas Legislative Sessions and Years," accessed June 13, 2014
