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Kristen McDonald Rivet

Michigan U.S. House District 8

Democratic Party

Kristen McDonald Rivet is included in the 2026 FEC filing records for Michigan U.S. House District 8. Explore the available source records below. A federal filing does not establish ballot qualification.

On the November ballot · Official November list ↗ · checked 2026-10-16

Direct answer · 2025–2026 cycle

How much has Kristen McDonald Rivet raised?

$6,820,546.04 in total campaign receipts.

$4,343,548.19 is reported as individual contributions. Total receipts can also include transfers, offsets, loans, and other FEC receipt categories, so it is broader than donations alone.

Total receipts
$6,820,546
Total spending
$3,628,168
Cash on hand
$3,209,409

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PERMANENT PERSON IDENTITY

This campaign record connects to Kristen McDonald Rivet's public CV.

The connection uses exact FEC candidate ID H4MI08218, not a name match. Office history, votes, election results, disclosures, and campaign finance remain separate source lanes.

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Kristen McDonald Rivet · public office

Office mailing address 1408 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2208

For constituent services and government business—not campaign inquiries.

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About Kristen McDonald Rivet

Displayed as “Kristen McDonald Rivet” using the state election-authority list. Original FEC name: “MCDONALD RIVET, KRISTEN.” The FEC ID and reported financial totals are unchanged.

Activity timeline
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Kristen McDonald Rivet 2026 timeline

REAL DATES

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Scheduled primary election

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Official election schedule · schedule subject to change
Latest included PAC or party transaction

Most recent itemized direct contribution or coordinated-party-expenditure row involving this candidate in the current FEC transaction release.

FEC · included source coverage
Latest included campaign summary

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FEC · included source coverage
Latest included independent expenditure

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FEC · included source coverage
Federal general election

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Election dates are transcribed from the FEC's calendar as published and are subject to change. The FEC does not administer elections; confirm dates and ballot status with the relevant state election authority.

Campaign finance details
Campaign money

Kristen McDonald Rivet campaign finance details

FEC BULK DATA
2025–2026 federal-cycle totals through September 30, 2026.
MetricReported amountWhat it means
Total receipts$6,820,546.04All campaign receipts reported in the FEC summary, not only individual donations.
Individual contributions$4,343,548.19Contributions reported in the FEC individual-contribution category.
Candidate contributions$0.00Contributions from the candidate in the summary record.
Total disbursements$3,628,167.83Campaign spending and other disbursements reported for the cycle.
Cash on hand$3,209,408.73Reported campaign cash remaining at the end of the covered period.
Debts owed by campaign$0.00Outstanding debts the campaign reported owing.
Net cash after reported debt$3,209,408.73Election.org calculation: cash on hand minus debts owed by the campaign.

Dollar amounts preserve the cents in the FEC record. These figures are campaign-finance totals, not personal wealth, polling, odds, endorsements, or Election.org scores.

PAC contributions and outside spending
Who gave · who spent · what the filing says

PAC contributions and outside spending involving Kristen McDonald Rivet

FEC ITEMIZED DATA

Direct campaign support and independent spending are not combined. Support and opposition below are the positions reported by the spender to the Federal Election Commission.

Direct committee contributions$1,654,127.00962 transactions
Coordinated party spending$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to support$293,988.5814 transactions
Independent spending to oppose$274,036.2927 transactions
Direct contribution

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Coordinated party expenditure

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Independent expenditure

Outside spending expressly supporting or opposing a candidate. By definition, it is not made in coordination with the candidate or party.

Federal committees reporting direct contributions

JSTREETPAC28 itemized transactions · latest Dec 30, 2025
$23,480.00FEC filing ↗
EMILYS LIST23 itemized transactions · latest Aug 31, 2026
$10,665.00FEC filing ↗
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC6 itemized transactions · latest Jun 16, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2 itemized transactions · latest Feb 25, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗
AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE3 itemized transactions · latest Jul 15, 2026
$10,000.00FEC filing ↗

Showing 5 of 452 groups, ordered by absolute reported amount. Totals include all accepted source rows.

Outside spenders reporting support or opposition

supportROLLING SEA ACTION FUND1 itemized transaction · latest Oct 6, 2026
$150,000.00FEC filing ↗
opposeAMERICA PAC15 itemized transactions · latest Oct 9, 2026
$147,744.01FEC filing ↗
opposeNO GOING BACK PAC INC.10 itemized transactions · latest Oct 9, 2026
$93,519.62FEC filing ↗
supportCHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC4 itemized transactions · latest Oct 5, 2026
$53,903.34FEC filing ↗
supportAB PAC2 itemized transactions · latest Oct 5, 2026
$43,538.05FEC filing ↗

Showing 5 of 9 groups, ordered by absolute reported amount. Totals include all accepted source rows.

SPONSOR-LEVEL SOURCE ROWS41 reported communication-spending records

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Source: FEC contributions-from-committees-to-candidates and independent-expenditure bulk files, checked Oct 16, 2026. Committee transactions retain only the latest filing version for stable transaction IDs. Independent-expenditure rows from superseded filings are removed through the FEC previous-filing chain. Memo entries remain included because the FEC bulk-file documentation instructs analysts to include them.

Campaign money graph
Money graph · dates, geography, and operating expenditures

How money moved through Kristen McDonald Rivet

FEC ITEMIZED FILES

These panels show privacy-thresholded itemized individual-receipt activity and amendment-normalized operating expenditures. They are descriptive slices of filings—not a complete substitute for the official financial summary.

Itemized individual receipt activity over time

Monthly transaction activity from the FEC individual-contributions file. Current-cycle files can contain earlier-dated transactions; signed amendments, refunds, reattributions, and memo entries remain in the source-defined analysis.

19 calendar months · 19 published cells

Only committee/month cells with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. A missing cell can reflect source absence or the privacy threshold; it does not mean zero activity. Published amounts are unchanged.

Source: FEC individual-contributions bulk file ↗, imported . This panel does not include PAC receipts.

Where itemized contributor addresses were reported

State is taken from the contributor address on the FEC row. It does not prove residence, citizenship, employer location, or the ultimate economic source of funds.

67.3% of published positive state-cell amounts outside Michigan
Michigan702 distinct reported contributors · 2,422 rows$1,031,000.0032.7%
California251 distinct reported contributors · 451 rows$462,769.0014.7%
New York194 distinct reported contributors · 313 rows$444,938.0014.1%
Massachusetts168 distinct reported contributors · 350 rows$307,651.009.8%
District of Columbia143 distinct reported contributors · 237 rows$149,453.004.7%
Illinois68 distinct reported contributors · 110 rows$113,648.003.6%
Maryland98 distinct reported contributors · 162 rows$98,901.003.1%
Florida53 distinct reported contributors · 78 rows$59,602.001.9%
Virginia60 distinct reported contributors · 93 rows$58,964.001.9%
New Jersey18 distinct reported contributors · 53 rows$57,425.001.8%
Texas18 distinct reported contributors · 35 rows$52,020.001.7%
Minnesota35 distinct reported contributors · 47 rows$50,474.001.6%

Only committee/state groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published. Percentages divide by the sum of all positive published, privacy-thresholded committee/state cells, including cells beyond the top 12 shown. Zero and negative state cells are excluded from this denominator; these shares do not describe all contributions or all campaign receipts.

Source: FEC individual-contributions bulk file ↗, imported .

Reported operating-expenditure categories

FEC filer-selected categories from Schedule B operating expenditures. Memo-code X rows are excluded because the FEC says they are not included in the itemization total.

1 published categories
Category not reported910 current organization-payment rows$1,247,857.03

Top organization payees in operating expenditures

Organization payees only. Election.org excludes individual payees and conservatively normalizes names; similar names are not asserted to be one legal entity.

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Gusto109 current itemized payments · latest 2026-07-10
$363,392.18
Westwest Digital56 current itemized payments · latest 2026-07-14
$202,558.81
Molly Allen Associates LLC53 current itemized payments · latest 2026-07-02
$161,271.82
Actblue Technical Services104 current itemized payments · latest 2026-07-15
$96,847.44
Spiros Consulting LLC11 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-30
$59,600.00
Ngp Van Incorporated20 current itemized payments · latest 2026-07-15
$56,386.53
Acuity Politics LLC26 current itemized payments · latest 2026-07-01
$49,156.66
Impact Research Incorporated2 current itemized payments · latest 2026-05-14
$41,834.67
Emilys List9 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-12
$34,779.32
Democracy Engine107 current itemized payments · latest 2026-07-15
$16,048.92
Delta Airlines36 current itemized payments · latest 2026-07-13
$15,955.76
Rwt Production LLC5 current itemized payments · latest 2026-07-10
$13,477.25
Mission Control Incorporated5 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-25
$10,747.90
Inland Press12 current itemized payments · latest 2026-06-23
$10,336.23
Global Strategy Group LLC1 current itemized payment · latest 2025-01-29
$10,000.00

Source: FEC operating expenditures bulk file, checked 2026-10-16. These totals cover published current organization-payment rows after amendment normalization and are not equivalent to the committee’s total disbursements.

Reported employers
Aggregated individual giving · privacy threshold applied

Reported employers among contributors to Kristen McDonald Rivet

FEC SCHEDULE A
This is not company money.

These totals combine itemized contributions from individuals who reported the same employer. They do not show that the employer directed, funded, or endorsed any contribution.

University Of Michigan10 distinct reported contributors · 25 current itemized transactions
$20,010.00
Harvard University5 distinct reported contributors · 11 current itemized transactions
$17,155.00
Bcbsm6 distinct reported contributors · 8 current itemized transactions
$15,100.00
Bgr Group7 distinct reported contributors · 12 current itemized transactions
$12,750.00
Dow7 distinct reported contributors · 9 current itemized transactions
$11,312.00
Corning5 distinct reported contributors · 5 current itemized transactions
$7,000.00
Dte Energy13 distinct reported contributors · 13 current itemized transactions
$6,250.00
Invariant5 distinct reported contributors · 10 current itemized transactions
$6,000.00
State Of Michigan10 distinct reported contributors · 16 current itemized transactions
$5,100.00
Mehlman Consulting5 distinct reported contributors · 8 current itemized transactions
$4,755.00
Cornerstone Government Affairs7 distinct reported contributors · 8 current itemized transactions
$3,850.00
Forbes Tate Partners6 distinct reported contributors · 8 current itemized transactions
$3,750.00
Hemlock Semiconductor8 distinct reported contributors · 8 current itemized transactions
$3,750.00
Dte6 distinct reported contributors · 6 current itemized transactions
$3,000.00
Michigan State University6 distinct reported contributors · 7 current itemized transactions
$1,950.00

Only employer/recipient groups with at least 5 distinct reported contributors are published, with at most 50 groups per recipient committee. Individual names and addresses are not included. Totals are net current-file amounts after amendment normalization and may include refunds, reattributions, or memo entries.

Calculated financial context
Transparent calculations

What the reported totals show

63.7%Individual-contribution shareIndividual contributions ÷ total receipts
53.2%Spending-to-receipts ratioTotal disbursements ÷ total receipts
$3,209,408.73Net cash after debtCash on hand − debts owed by campaign

These are Election.org calculations from the displayed FEC totals, included to make the filing easier to understand. They are descriptive, not a score or comparison.

Official filing details
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Candidate filing details

2026 CYCLE
Candidate
Kristen McDonald Rivet
Office sought
U.S. House — Michigan District 8
Party affiliation
Democratic Party
Incumbency
Incumbent
Candidate status
Current candidate
Principal committee
KRISTEN FOR MICHIGAN →
FEC candidate ID
H4MI08218
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