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U.S. Representative · MI · District 8

Kristen McDonald Rivet

DemocratTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

16% of the money McDonald Rivet raised came from small donors.

More grassroots-funded than 83% of the House.

McDonald Rivet raised $6.1M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $17K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

16%from small donors
Small donors
16%$1.0M
Large donors
59%$3.6M
Bundled
6%$0.4M
PACs
15%$0.9M
Other
3%$0.2M

Against the house

How McDonald Rivet compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
16%vs 5% house median
PAC share
15%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in McDonald Rivet

The organizations behind the money.

McDonald Rivet's largest organized backing comes from Jstreetpac. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.

Money organized for McDonald Rivet

Jstreetpac›

$151K

J Street's PAC, a liberal pro-Israel group that backs candidates supporting a two-state solution, often a counterweight to AIPAC.

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $4.0M to 144 members

Emilys List›$77K

EMILY's List's PAC, which backs Democratic women who support abortion rights.

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $2.4M to 47 members

Swing Left›$42K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $895K to 34 members

Ameripac: The Fund For A Greater America›$38K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $1.0M to 79 members

Zinc Collective PAC›$23K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $693K to 25 members

› What is organized money?

An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing.

The same money, by industry

Which industries have a stake.

The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind McDonald Rivet's backing, not just the individual groups.

$178KLabor
$170KIdeological
$151KPro-Israel
$35KEnergy
$26KHealth

Plus $446K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

The money spent about McDonald Rivet

Spent for or against.

Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat McDonald Rivet, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for McDonald Rivet.

All outside groups13% to help, 87% to hurt$7.0M
  1. Congressional Leadership Fund›$4.9M
    To help McDonald Rivet
    —
    To hurt McDonald Rivet
    $4.9M

    The super PAC aligned with House Republican leadership.

  2. NRCC›$630K
    To help McDonald Rivet
    —
    To hurt McDonald Rivet
    $630K

    The National Republican Congressional Committee, the party committee for electing House Republicans.

  3. House Majority PAC›$626K
    To help McDonald Rivet
    $626K
    To hurt McDonald Rivet
    —

    The super PAC aligned with House Democratic leadership.

  4. America PAC (Musk)$434K
    To help McDonald Rivet
    —
    To hurt McDonald Rivet
    $434K
  5. Edf Action Votes$124K
    To help McDonald Rivet
    $124K
    To hurt McDonald Rivet
    —

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 185 organizations with a stake

About this data

FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.

Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.

PAC figures are contributions to McDonald Rivet's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.

84%want dark money disclosed

Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.

Where McDonald Rivet stands