Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Kristen McDonald Rivet

Official portrait of Kristen McDonald Rivet
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Michigan’s 8th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Bay City, MI
Born
1970
In Congress
House since 2025 · 1 year in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
MCDONALD RIVET, KRISTEN
Next election
Primary August 4, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Michigan with the current district highlighted

Michigan, District 8

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Michigan District 8IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4MI08218 · Principal campaign committee: KRISTEN FOR MICHIGAN

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Michigan District 8$6,922,878.91General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Michigan District 8$6,067,031.69Won the general election (51.3%)
Total raised$6,922,878.91
Total spent$4,265,040.33
Cash on hand$2,674,869.10
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $4,404,109.85PACs and other committees: $1,887,158.45Party committees: $5,107.29Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $539,228.66Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $87,274.66
  • Individual contributions$4,404,109.8564%
  • PACs and other committees$1,887,158.4527%
  • Party committees$5,107.290%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$539,228.668%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$87,274.661%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$578,933.6114%
  • Contributions over $200$3,521,658.9586%
  • Itemized from inside Michigan$1,087,139.0230%
  • Itemized from other states$2,543,599.2070%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $557,673.43 · California $545,266.41 · Massachusetts $321,170.90 · Illinois $153,276.34 · District of Columbia $149,956.12. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$4.3M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $750,164.52APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $144,962.90JULY QUARTERLY: raised $800,249.28JULY QUARTERLY: spent $157,742.24OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $860,096.19OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $168,247.79YEAR-END: raised $894,609.70YEAR-END: spent $220,965.34APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,079,852.48APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $275,017.68JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,155,202.47JULY QUARTERLY: spent $376,292.62PRE-PRIMARY: raised $104,701.39PRE-PRIMARY: spent $64,579.42OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,175,670.01OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $2,220,359.842025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea331
Voted nay327
Voted present1
Did not vote15 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored19
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored353

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10448 Reverse Big Ugly Tax Breaks for Data Centers Act
    Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 9560 No Profiting from Public Service Act
    Introduced Jun 30, 2026 · Latest action Jun 30, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, f…
  • H.R. 9474 Local Foods for Healthy Schools Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 25, 2026 · Latest action Jun 25, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.R. 8698 Lower Prices at the Pump Act
    Introduced May 7, 2026 · Latest action May 7, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by …
  • H.R. 8305 Working Parents Tax Relief Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 15, 2026 · Latest action Apr 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 8056 Military Financial Literacy Act of 2026
    Introduced Mar 24, 2026 · Latest action Mar 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 7437 BASICS Act
    Introduced Feb 9, 2026 · Latest action Feb 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 7069 Affordable Food and Energy Act of 2026
    Introduced Jan 14, 2026 · Latest action May 20, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
  • H.R. 6720 FARM Home Loans Act of 2025
    Introduced Dec 15, 2025 · Latest action Jan 13, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
  • H.R. 6656 Child Care Access and Affordability Act of 2025
    Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · Latest action Dec 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

454 committees reported giving $1,656,972.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Kristen McDonald Rivet$13,790.41
  • Independent expenditures opposing Kristen McDonald Rivet$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Michigan U.S. House, District 8, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Kristen McDonald Rivet (D)$6,922,878.91$2,674,869.102026-10-14
Amir Hassan (R)$874,142.95$10,732.212026-09-30
Thomas James Smith (R)$561,096.81$89,040.962026-10-14
Alfred Lemmo (R)$220,312.82$0.002026-08-11

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DSeptember 25, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DAugust 25, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DAugust 6, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DMay 26, 2026
  • The EconomistSafe DMay 22, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: KRISTEN FOR MICHIGAN.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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