[3] On February 7, 2014, a District of Columbia Superior Court judge ruled that ballots for the April 1 primary elections could be printed without the Attorney General race.

[11] Masters said that as Attorney General her "primary focus ... would be on 'ethical issues' within the District government," and that she wanted to "make sure that the rights and perspectives of D.C. voters are respected.

"[11] White-collar attorney Karl Racine and legislative policy analyst Lateefah Williams also announced their candidacies in the local press.

[19][20][21] Zukerberg argued that he would better represent the public interest than previous Attorneys General, announced his support for the decriminalization of marijuana and an increase in the ease with which nonviolent criminal records are expunged to promote restorative justice.

[22] Zukerberg was endorsed by the Washington Teachers' Union,[23] D.C. Councilmember Tommy Wells[24] and Jeff Steele, operator of D.C. Urban Moms & Dads, an anonymous web forum.

"[33] According to the City Paper, Smith's campaign tried to persuade Masters and Zukerberg to drop out of the race in order to "[consolidate] the anti-Racine vote," but both rivals declined to do so.

[47] The Washington City Paper suggested Racine flip-flopped after a poll showed nearly two thirds of D.C. residents were supportive of marijuana legalization.

[48][49] Racine was endorsed by Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler,[50] SEIU Local 722,[51] D.C. Councilmember Jack Evans[52] and The Washington Post, which cited the "unique ... depth and range" of his qualifications and his "rich record of community service.

[54] One week after the reporting deadline, on October 17, fellow candidate Smith filed a request for investigation with the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance, alleging that Racine's failure to list occupation information for 266 individual contributors and employer information for all 390 individual contributors in the report constituted an "intentional and illegal" breach of the Campaign Finance Act of 2011.

[55] On October 22 and 23, the Washington City Paper and the Washington Post ran a series of articles on a slate of audits that found Venable LLP had improperly documented expenses charged to the Troubled Asset Relief Program and overcharged the D.C. government, including the Office of the Attorney General, by hundreds of thousands of dollars while Racine was the managing partner of the firm.

[56][57][19] At a press conference the next day, Lorie Masters criticized Racine for overbilling and his allegedly "cozy" relationship with embattled D.C. Mayor Vincent C.