Employment attorney Diane Seltzer has won a closely watched contest to lead the D.C. Bar Association , defeating securities lawyer Brad Bondi in a race with record turnout.

Seltzer tallied more than 90 percent of the electronic vote with "no issues or irregularities" in the voting system, D.C. Bar CEO Bob Spagnoletti said in a press call Monday.

More than 38,000 people voted in the race, more than five times as many voters in a typical election, he said.

"Member engagement in this election was, to say the least, extraordinary," Spagnoletti said.

The race became a microcosm for the clashes and pressures on the American legal system this year, in part because one of the two top candidates is the younger brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi.

This year, the Justice Department has fir

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