Voepel lost his reelection bid in the 2022 California State Assembly election, with his term ending on December 6, 2022.

During the Vietnam War, Voepel served on the USS Buchanan, a guided-missile destroyer.

In 2022, redistricting would have placed him into a new district with another member of the state Assembly, Marie Waldron, but Voepel lost by a wide margin.

[5] Following the January 6 United States Capitol attack, Voepel said, "This is Lexington and Concord.

[10][11][12] His former son-in-law was Aaron Brink, a mixed martial arts fighter and pornographic film actor.