Longtime career prosecutor Ronald Brandon has announced he will officially be ending his duties at the Sabine Parish District Attorney’s office on Wednesday, October 8.
Brandon will be a candidate for Sabine Parish District Attorney in the election to be held in the fall of 2026.
“I have decided the right thing to do is to leave my job so I will not be on the public’s payroll while running for a public office,” Brandon said. “I want to be your district attorney, but I strongly believe the public’s hard earned tax dollars should not support me while I pursue a political campaign.”
Brandon is the son of the late Earl and Joan Brandon. He was raised in Hurricane Valley, a small community outside of Zwolle. He attended St. Joseph Catholic School and Zwolle High School where he graduated in 1980.
He attended Northwestern State University and earned two degrees: an associate degree in criminal justice and a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He graduated Cum Laude from Southern Law School in 1990. In the fall of that year he was sworn in as a Sabine Parish District Attorney and began a private practice in law as well.
While pursuing higher education, he worked for the university police at Northwestern State and later for the Natchitoches Police Department, where he received the Purple Heart after being shot in the line of duty. He has also taught criminal justice at NSU.
He has been married to his wife, Pollie, for 44 years. They have three sons: Heath Brandon works as an attorney at his father’s law firm; Jarred Brandon is currently employed by Right Care Health Services as a Nursing Facility Administrator; and Samuel Brandon is employed by the Sabine Parish School Board as a teacher and coach at Ebarb High School.
In 1998, Ronald and Pollie bought Century 21 Property Shoppe, which employs 11 agents.
Brandon is a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and has served on the pastoral council, usher, and is a fourth degree knight with the Knights of Columbus. He has been a board member of the Zwolle Loggers and Forestry Festival since its inception and has served as president, vice president, and currently serves as treasurer. He was instrumental in helping acquire the Zwolle Festival Grounds and has served on that board since its inception.
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact Ronald “Ronnie” Brandon on his cell phone at 318-4715075.