Kristen McDonald Rivet

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Kristen McDonald Rivet

U.S. Representative · MI-8 · D

U.S. Representative — MI-8 (D)

Kristen Lee McDonald Rivet (; born July 11, 1970) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the Michigan Senate for the 35th district, where she was the assistant majority floor leader from 2023 to 2025. [Wikipedia ↗]

FEC receipts · 2024–2026 cycles

$11,607,206 raised

Influence graph
Individual 73%
PAC 21%
Other

Where the $11,607,206 raised came from · FEC · 2024–2026 cycle

$11,607,206
Raised
FEC receipts · 2024–2026 cycle
$2,432,155
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 2024–2026 cycles
$2,004,143
Spent supporting them
outside + direct · 69 sources
$1,117,574
Spent against them
opposition IEs · 1 edge

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Top individual donors · 15

Largest itemized individual contributions across their FEC campaign committees (Schedule A), aggregated by donor across cycles. Conduits (ActBlue/WinRed) excluded.

Top industries · donor money

  • Not employed / self$1,931,886
  • Other / unclassified$996,775
  • Lawyers & law firms$222,211
  • Securities & investment$198,705
  • Health professionals$172,672
  • TV, movies & music$127,155
  • Education$126,510
  • Tech$104,276

Classified from donor employer/occupation · heuristic

Top employers · donor money

  • SEFL EMPLOYED$24,650
  • DOW INC$21,450
  • DOW CHEMICAL CO$19,950
  • DOW$18,100
  • UC SAN FRANCISCO$15,587
  • DTE ENERGY$13,500
  • GOUGEON BROTHERS INC$13,200
  • UC BERKELEY$12,053
  • GOOGLE$11,132
  • STATE OF MICHIGAN$10,992

Committee assignments · 6

Seats on the panels that write the rules — where a donor industry meets the member it funded.

  • House Committee on Agriculture
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Committee on Agriculture — Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
  • House Committee on Agriculture — General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Highways and Transit

Source: @unitedstates/congress-legislators

Legislation sponsored · 18

Bills and resolutions this member introduced in the 119th Congress — what they put their name on, alongside who funds them.

  • H.R. 9560No Profiting from Public Service Act· Government Operations and Politics
  • H.R. 9474Local Foods for Healthy Schools Act of 2026· Agriculture and Food
  • H.R. 8698Lower Prices at the Pump Act· Commerce
  • H.R. 8305Working Parents Tax Relief Act of 2026· Taxation
  • H.R. 8056Military Financial Literacy Act of 2026· Armed Forces and National Security

Source: govinfo.gov · BILLSTATUS bulk data (sponsor of record)

Top connections · 70 total

People0
  • None on file
Organizations5
PACs / committees65

Connections · explore all 70

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Spent against them · $1,117,574

Outside money spent to defeat them (opposition independent expenditures). Not their own funding.

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    NRCC independent expenditures opposing Kristen Mcdonald Rivet (FEC 2024) NRCC
    source · fec
    $1,117,574

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