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Kristen McDonald Rivet

U.S. House · Michigan
On the ballot · Nov 3
$5.6M

Raised, 2025–26

  • Individuals$3.6M64%
  • PACs$1.5M27%
  • Transfers & other$495k9%

11% of the individual money came from small donors ($200 or less).

Top PAC industries

$1.6M
Office
PartyDemocrat
ChamberU.S. House
SeatMichigan, district 8
Up for electionNov 3, 2026
District
MI-10 · John JamesMI-11 · Haley M. StevensMI-12 · Rashida TlaibMI-13 · Shri ThanedarMI-5 · Tim WalbergMI-3 · Hillary J. ScholtenMI-6 · Debbie DingellMI-4 · Bill HuizengaMI-9 · Lisa C. McClainMI-2 · John R. MoolenaarMI-7 · Tom BarrettMI-1 · Jack BergmanMI-8 · Kristen McDonald Rivet
MI-8 · Michigan
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On the ballot · Michigan House, district 8 · Nov 395% party to win· vs. Smith ↓
The campaign · in their words
kristenmcdonaldrivet.com · read Oct 19, 2026 ↗Page titles and first lines from the campaign’s own site, unedited

Where They Stand

Position from 507 bills and votes and 18 statements, starting from a reputation prior of Left 28 — click any issue to see the reputation, the record and the shift.

Solo viewvs. Smith · 2026vs. pick…
Rivet (you're viewing)
Overall
15
L-lean
LeftCenterRight
Track is neutral — only the dot's position and distance-from-center number carry meaning.

The 2026 Race

MI-8 race page →
Odds · party to winOct 27
Rivet (D)95%
Smith (R)5%
The race · MI-8
Kristen McDonald RivetDemocrat · incumbent · L-lean 15 on the record95%
Tom SmithRepublican · challenger · Right 33 from statements5%
3315
48 points apart · hollow = estimate, solid = record
Smith's page →
Money · raised, FEC to Sep 30
Kristen McDonald Rivet$6.8M
$4.3M from individuals · $3.8M itemized
Tom Smith$550k
$11k from individuals · $7k itemized
The FEC doesn't name donors who give under $200, so their gifts count in Raised but not Itemized.
Odds are a market close, not a poll

What They Care About

How this is measured

Bubble size = how much of Kristen McDonald Rivet's sponsored bills, cosponsorships, campaign statements and tweets go to each domain. Votes are left out because they follow committee seats; domains a member's committees handle are discounted a little. Anything from the last 6 months counts double, so a topic they are on about right now grows. Darker = they have broken with their own party more often on that topic: the share of party-line votes since 2009 where they voted against their party's majority (gray = fewer than 8 such votes). Based on 5 sponsored, 232 cosponsored, 42 statements, 359 topical tweets. Click a bubble to open what they support and the bills and tweets behind it; click it again to close.

Federal budget, taxes and spending · 20% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 1 sponsored · 50 cosponsored · 13 statements · 167 tweets · broke with their party on 2 of 35 party-line votesFederal budget 20%Health care · 14% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 0 sponsored · 46 cosponsored · 4 statements · 76 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 3 party-line votesHealth care 14%Business, finance and labor · 11% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 1 sponsored · 22 cosponsored · 2 statements · 174 tweets · broke with their party on 7 of 20 party-line votesBusiness 11%Energy, environment, land and agriculture · 9% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 1 sponsored · 26 cosponsored · 1 statements · 45 tweets · broke with their party on 9 of 63 party-line votesEnergy 9%Crime and justice · 9% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 1 sponsored · 14 cosponsored · 4 statements · 73 tweets · broke with their party on 9 of 22 party-line votesCrime 9%Education · 7% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 0 sponsored · 15 cosponsored · 2 statements · 46 tweets · broke with their party on 3 of 8 party-line votesEducation 7%Foreign policy, trade and defense · 6% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 0 sponsored · 11 cosponsored · 4 statements · 51 tweets · broke with their party on 4 of 33 party-line votesForeign policy 6%Civil rights, gender and religion · 5% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 0 sponsored · 5 cosponsored · 0 statements · 51 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 5 party-line votesCivil rights 5%Housing, transportation, technology and vice · 5% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 1 sponsored · 17 cosponsored · 2 statements · 29 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 2 party-line votesHousing 5%Elections, representation and accountability · 4% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 0 sponsored · 5 cosponsored · 6 statements · 5 tweets · broke with their party on 1 of 4 party-line votesElections 4%Immigration · 3% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 0 sponsored · 5 cosponsored · 3 statements · 7 tweets · broke with their party on 8 of 10 party-line votesImmigration 3%Trade and industrial policy · 3% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 0 sponsored · 10 cosponsored · 0 statements · 23 tweetsTrade 3%Guns · 2% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 0 sponsored · 2 cosponsored · 1 statements · 11 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 5 party-line votes2%Federal power and civil liberties · 2% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 0 sponsored · 4 cosponsored · 0 statements · 11 tweets · broke with their party on 2 of 8 party-line votes2%
Rarely breaksOften breaks

Kristen McDonald Rivet

● Democrat · U.S. House · Michigan
Raised
$5.6M
2025–26 cycle
Top sector
$327k
other politicians
Overall
L-lean
15pt left
Actions
908
votes, bills, tweets
On the ballot · Nov 395% · vs. Smith ↓
The campaign · in their words
Fixing A Broken System ↗“Next, Kristen is fighting to get big, unlimited money out of politics, leading efforts to reverse Citizens United.”Lowering Costs ↗“In the State Senate, she passed the largest tax cut for working families in Michigan's history and ended Michigan's burdensome retirement tax.”Healthcare We Can Afford ↗“Kristen led the effort to pass through the House a tax cut for families buying healthcare, and she is fighting to let every American have the choice to buy into Medicare.”
From kristenmcdonaldrivet.com, unedited

Where They Stand

Overall
L-lean, 15 points from center
Dot = distance from center · band = 90% range

The 2026 Race

Race page →
Odds · party to winOct 27
Rivet (D)95%
Smith (R)5%
The race · MI-8
Kristen McDonald RivetDemocrat · incumbent · L-lean 15 on the record95%
Tom SmithRepublican · challenger · Right 33 from statements5%
3315
48 points apart · hollow = estimate, solid = record
Smith's page →
Money · raised, FEC to Sep 30
Kristen McDonald Rivet$6.8M
$4.3M from individuals · $3.8M itemized
Tom Smith$550k
$11k from individuals · $7k itemized
The FEC doesn't name donors who give under $200, so their gifts count in Raised but not Itemized.
Odds are a market close, not a poll

What They Care About

Federal budget, taxes and spending · 20% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 1 sponsored · 50 cosponsored · 13 statements · 167 tweets · broke with their party on 2 of 35 party-line votesBudget and taxes 20%Health care · 14% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 0 sponsored · 46 cosponsored · 4 statements · 76 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 3 party-line votesHealth care 14%Business, finance and labor · 11% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 1 sponsored · 22 cosponsored · 2 statements · 174 tweets · broke with their party on 7 of 20 party-line votesBusiness and labor 11%Energy, environment, land and agriculture · 9% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 1 sponsored · 26 cosponsored · 1 statements · 45 tweets · broke with their party on 9 of 63 party-line votes9%Crime and justice · 9% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 1 sponsored · 14 cosponsored · 4 statements · 73 tweets · broke with their party on 9 of 22 party-line votes9%Education · 7% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 0 sponsored · 15 cosponsored · 2 statements · 46 tweets · broke with their party on 3 of 8 party-line votes7%Foreign policy, trade and defense · 6% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 0 sponsored · 11 cosponsored · 4 statements · 51 tweets · broke with their party on 4 of 33 party-line votes6%Civil rights, gender and religion · 5% of Kristen McDonald Rivet's priorities · 0 sponsored · 5 cosponsored · 0 statements · 51 tweets · broke with their party on 0 of 5 party-line votes5%
9% Energy and land9% Crime and justice7% Education6% Foreign policy5% Civil rights
RarelyOften breaks

Who Pays

PAC money · 2025–26
SectorPACsAmountShare
Other politicians108$327k
Issue groups78$284k
Labor unions38$234k
Retail & business41$145k
Finance & insurance33$128k
Agriculture & food38$122k
Health care36$116k
Energy22$66k
Everything else58$202k
Raised $5.6M · 64% individuals · 27% pacs