The Washington, D.C., mayoral race intensified this week as campaign officials and political allies filed competing complaints and defenses over campaign conduct, turning the contest into a dispute over campaign finance law and election rules. 

After a decade in office, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she would not seek a fourth term. Nine candidates have filed to run in the June Democratic primary to succeed her. This week, two leading contenders, Janeese Lewis George and Kenyan McDuffie, escalated tensions by filing competing complaints against one another.