In the June primary, voters will choose three of the four candidates below to serve as state delegates for District 22, which includes Hyattsville. We took a look at their campaign finance reports, one of which was due May 19, to get a lens on what they are working with and who supports them. 

Having gotten off to an early and strong start, Molly McKee-Seabrook is leading the pack in terms of cash on hand, with $46,000 in her campaign bank account mid-May. By Jan. 14, she had already raised $55,000 and spent $12,000, spending only another $1,000 between mid-January and mid-May. McKee-Seabrook has about 200 donors, most of them local. Among her largest donors are a group that, based on name or address, seem to be family, and have contributed more than $10,000 combined.

Craig Hayes came in right behind in his mid-May report, with $40,000 in the bank on May 12. His campaign is funded in large part by five contributions of $6,000 (the maximum allowed), including three from donors who share his last name and are out of state. One $6,000 donation came from the Committee for Better Public Transit, based in Forestville. His campaign also received a $25,000 loan. He had about a dozen additional small donations, all from out of state, and has spent $14,000 on his campaign between April 8 and May 12. 

Tracy Gant is starting the final sprint towards the June 23 election with the least money in the bank — $7,000 mid-May. However, she has spent more than the other candidates in the past month, $5,500. She received a $6,000 loan for the final stretch. Of the approximately 40 contributors who have given her $4,500 in cash and $2,500 in in-kind contributions, most are in Prince George’s County. Only three are from out of state. 

Mid-May, the lone incumbent in the race, Ashanti Martinez, had $25,000 in his bank account. Martinez raised about $23,000 last year, according to a report filed in January. Since early 2025, in comparison to other candidates, Martinez received more contributions from organizations and businesses, as well as from other politicians: $8,600 from business — mostly healthcare — as well as labor groups, and $6,600 from other campaigns, including more than $5,000 from House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melynk’s campaign. He raised about $8,000 from 50 individual donors, nearly all local. His fundraising has been slow the past five months; between Jan. 15 and May 12, Martinez raised in a single donation of $50 from a Hyattsville resident, and spent $2,243. 

Learn more about these candidates in our voter guide, here. 

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