Brandon was raised in the Park Rapids/Osage/Ponsford area. He graduated in 2007 from Park Rapids Area High School. After moving to Grand Rapids, Fargo and Burnsville he found himself missing the small town feel of Park Rapids and moved back in 2020. The travels outside of Park Rapids did lead him to his wife Shannon. They are happily married with a 2-year-old son, Wyatt, and another boy on the way.
Brandon has many hobbies and most of them revolve around sports and the outdoors. His favorite sports accomplishment was being a co-captain on the Park Rapids baseball team that won the state consolation championship his senior year. He enjoys watching all types of sports and plays golf and softball in the summer. His goal is to keep up with his wife while golfing who was a collegiate golfer at MSUM. He also looks forward to deer hunting season every year with his large family on the Gartner Farm in Two Inlets.
Brandon spent 10 years in the retail industry as a manager of Sports City in Fargo and Dicks Sporting Goods in Burnsville before taking a position as Category Manager for Breakthru Beverage, a liquor distribution company. He has grown up around the home ownership business. His father is a successful General Contractor in the Park Rapids area for Gartner-Johnson Construction & Design and his mother is currently a Realtor for Coldwell Banker as well.