A pair of President Donald Trump’s allies on Monday lost their bids for leadership roles in the D.C. Bar Association, dashing Republicans’ hopes for a MAGA takeover of the influential legal body.
Bradley Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, lost to lawyer Diane Seltzer in the race for president of the D.C. Bar Association. The election was a landslide, with Seltzer receiving 34,982 votes to Bondi’s 3,490 votes.
Alicia Long, who ran for treasurer, is a former deputy to Trump’s interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin. Long lost to Amanda Molina, with Molina receiving 26,380 votes to Long’s 8,854 votes.