Editing Seguin, Texas (section)

===State and federal districts===
Seguin was represented in the [[Texas House of Representatives]] from 1983 to 2010 by the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Edmund Kuempel]]. He was noted for helping to get the State of Texas to restore the 19th century mansion called Sebastopol and operate it as a Historic Site for 25 years. A native of [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], businessman Kuempel died in office two days after being unopposed for reelection. [[John Kuempel]], Edmund Kuempel's son, won the [[special election]] on December 14 of that year to succeed his father in the District 44 seat in the Texas House. He was reelected in 2012 and 2014.

[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Vicente Gonzalez (American politician)|Vicente Gonzalez]] has represented Guadalupe County in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] as part of Texas' 15th Congressional District, since 2017. One of the "fajita" districts, the 15th runs in a narrow strip from Seguin down to McAllen in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.