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Brad Bondi, brother of U.S. Attorney General, lost D.C. Bar election

Bradley Bondi, brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, loses election to the D.C. Bar, garnering only 9% of the vote. Diane Seltzer will take 90% and lead in 2025-2026.

Pam Bondi's brother lost a bid on DC Bar against Diane Seltzler for over 90 percent of the votes. Photo: GLR Composition / DC Bar / CNN
Pam Bondi's brother lost a bid on DC Bar against Diane Seltzler for over 90 percent of the votes. Photo: GLR Composition / DC Bar / CNN

Bradley Bondi, brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, has lost the D.C. Bar election. He lost against Diane Seltzer, who tallied more than 90 percent of the vote. Bondi, instead, reached 9 percent. Seltzer will lead the bar during 2025-2026.

According to the D.C. Bar CEO Bob Spagnoletti, over 38,000 people voted, representing five times as many voters in a regular election. The DC Bar is the largest unified bar in the U.S., having nearly 120,000 members across the country and in more than 80 countries.

Bondi's campaign without Trump

The Attorney General's relative did not pass unnoticed by the voters. Despite saying that he would keep the bar group nonpartisan and separate from U.S. political matters, it was not enough for the members who caused him to lose by a historic margin.

However, the Department of Justice has fired prosecutors who even investigated President Trump. Furthermore, the White House has targeted law firms with punitive executive orders, especially for the clients they represented.

 Diane Seltzer is the new D.C. Bar President-Elect for the 2025-206 term, by winning for 90 percent of the votes. Photo: D.C. Bar

Diane Seltzer is the new D.C. Bar President-Elect for the 2025-206 term, by winning for 90 percent of the votes. Photo: D.C. Bar

Bondi's response to his loss

The lawyer did not miss the opportunity to show his discomfort with the result. "I am disgusted by how rabid partisans lurched this election into the political gutter, turning a professional campaign into baseless attacks, identity politics, and partisan recrimination," he said. His sister, Pam Bondi, did not comment on it.

On the other hand, the elected president of the DC Bar, Diane Seltzer, focused her campaign on the rule of law, an indirect attack on DOJ firings and how it will affect the group. "My priority is making sure that the rule of law is upheld, that we feel that we are safe to do our jobs," she said.

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