The Week in the Rearview Mirror

John Kuempel, son of the late state Rep. Edmund Kuempel, R-Seguin, easily won the special election to replace his father tonight, pulling 65.7 percent of the votes in a ten-candidate field.The younger Kuempel, also R-Seguin, outpaced six other Republicans, two Democrats and a Libertarian, winning in each of the district's three counties, according to unofficial results compiled by the Texas Secretary of State. Only one other candidate, Gary Inmon, finished in double digits. Inmon got 10.2 percent of the votes.