 The family is active in the Faith Lutheran Church in Seguin.He is a member of Rotary International, the Texas Farm Bureau, the National Rifle Association, and the capital campaign committee of the Guadalupe Valley Medical Center.Kuempel's father, Edmund Kuempel, had held the seat in the heavily GOP district since the retirement in 1983 of prior Representative Bennie Bock (who was also a Republican), and had won reelection to the House in 2010 without opposition.