The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Mia C. Pettus (Libertarian), Jim Casha (Green) and Kathy Goodwin (Working Class).
Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Kristen McDonald Rivet
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2025 · Age 56
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Michigan
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 15 days before online or by mail, or same-day through Election Day in person.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 104,783 votes
- Kristen McDonald Rivet Won: Unopposed 104,783
The primary · 62,021 votes
- Thomas J. Smith Won: 50.4% 31,283
- Amir Hassan: 33.2% 20,579
- Alfred Lemmo: 16.4% 10,159
Primary results as recorded September 25, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Michigan Secretary of State official primary results. Certified August 24, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $6.8M
- Outside money
- $691K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other 3 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; 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.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Tom Smith $233K.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups 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 filedPrimary 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 Rivet Won: 51.3%
- Paul Junge: 44.6%
424,350 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 4.1%. 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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between July 15, 2026 and August 24, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.