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Michigan House race, District 8

Kristen McDonald Rivet holds this seat and is running to keep it against Tom Smith.

The November ballot

Rivet
$5.6M
Smith
$243K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Kristen McDonald Rivet

Democrat · Holds the seat now

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Michigan

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

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How they won the primary

The primary · 104,231 votes

  • Kristen McDonald RivetWon100%104,231

Primary results as recorded August 15, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$6.8M
Outside money
$313

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Rivet$313
Opposing Rivet-
Supporting Smith-
Opposing Smith-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

7%$393KSmall donors$1.4K<1%
57%$3.2MLarge donors$1.3K<1%
27%$1.5MPACs--
--Self-funding$7.6K3%
9%$491KOther$233K96%

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 1 group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

2 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

D+7 in 2024

  • Kristen McDonald RivetWon51.3%
  • Paul Junge44.6%

424,350 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
770K
Median household income
$63K
Unemployment
6.8%
Living below the poverty line
15.8%
Without health insurance
4.7%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.