Brandon Pursell represents District 3 on the Kingsburg City Council, with a term running through November 2028. He served as Mayor in 2024 and has also held the Mayor Pro Tem role, and represents Kingsburg as Vice Chair of the Fresno Council of Governments policy board.
Professionally, Pursell is a Captain with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office in its Administrative Services Bureau, having previously held the rank of Lieutenant and served as a department public information officer. He received an Award of Valor for his actions during an active-shooter incident at the Fresno County main jail, in which he helped pull wounded correctional officers to safety and assisted in taking the suspect into custody. No controversies or notable dissenting votes specific to Pursell were found in available public records.
