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Official portrait of Kristen McDonald Rivet

1st term · 1.8 years in office: 0 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Representative · MI-8 · Democrat · since Jan 2025

Kristen McDonald Rivet

Bills authored 11Missed votes 15 of 524Party unity 56% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 524 roll calls and 99 sponsorship records on file.

Provisionalunreviewed: stated positions
Stray indexpending review

Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

Kristen McDonald Rivet was born in 1970 in Portland, Michigan, where she grew up with two sisters.Source 3: Wikipedia: Kristen McDonald Rivet She earned a bachelor's degree in history from Michigan State University in 1992 and a master's degree in public administration and education from the University of Michigan–Flint in 2010.Source 3: Wikipedia: Kristen McDonald Rivet Before entering elected office, she worked as the executive director of Michigan Head Start, served as chief of staff for the state superintendent, and was president of Greater Midlands Inc.Source 3: Wikipedia: Kristen McDonald Rivet

McDonald Rivet began her political career on the Bay City Charter Commission and the Bay City Commission.Source 3: Wikipedia: Kristen McDonald Rivet She served in the Michigan Senate from 2023 to 2025 before winning election to the United States House of Representatives in 2024.Source 3: Wikipedia: Kristen McDonald Rivet

In their own words

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The path here

  1. 1992

    Graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in history.Source 3: Wikipedia: Kristen McDonald Rivet

  2. 2010

    Earned a master's degree in public administration and education from the University of Michigan–Flint.Source 3: Wikipedia: Kristen McDonald Rivet

  3. 2023-2025

    Served in the Michigan Senate.Source 3: Wikipedia: Kristen McDonald Rivet

  4. 2025-Present

    Serving as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district.Source 1: Kristen McDonald Rivet — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Kristen McDonald Rivet

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general

97.14% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

  1. 1Kristen McDonald Rivet — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
  2. 3Wikipedia: Kristen McDonald Rivetwikipediaopen source archived copy
Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

1.8YRS

In office · 1st term · since Jan 2025

28,173VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 6.64%

Certified result

97.14%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

 

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

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Before Congress

  1. 1992 Graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in history.
  2. 2010 Earned a master's degree in public administration and education from the University of Michigan–Flint.
  3. 2023-2025 Served in the Michigan Senate.
  4. 2025-Present Serving as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district.
House Committee on AgricultureHouse Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureHouse Committee on Agriculture · Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development subcommitteeHouse Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management subcommitteeHouse Committee on Agriculture · General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit subcommitteeHouse Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Highways and Transit subcommittee11 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated. Voted 11 of 100 toward public spending.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated. Voted 9 of 100 toward stricter enforcement.
  • Immigration: not yet stated. Voted 15 of 100 toward tighter limits.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated. Voted 6 of 100 toward individual liberty.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated. Voted 15 of 100 toward conserve & protect.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated. Voted 10 of 100 toward disclosure & audit.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

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The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. Select a cluster to open its issues.

StatedRecordGapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Chips place the record relative to the middle. The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Issue pages

Votes by issue.

72 issues · 10 with both halves · 54 with one · 8 with neither

Sort
Regulation (cross-sector)No statements47 counted votesNot yet statedMarket protectionsNo statements25 counted votesNot yet statedRole of governmentNo statements24 counted votesNot yet statedSpending vs. restraintNo statements24 counted votesNot yet statedBanking/financial rulesNo statements22 counted votesNot yet statedTrade & tariffs1 statement19 counted votesAnalysisAid & alliancesNo statements16 counted votesNot yet statedFarm policy & subsidiesNo statements13 counted votesNot yet statedVeterans' care delivery1 statement10 counted votesAnalysisMilitary budgetNo statements10 counted votesNot yet stated

The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How Kristen McDonald Rivet voted.

Money & ties

Who funds Kristen McDonald Rivet.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jul 15, 2026Lagged · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Quarterly FEC filings; totals cover the period ending on the date shown.

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jul 15, 2026

$5.6MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $150.0K · 38 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$1.5M · 27.1%
  • Itemized individual$3.2M · 57.2%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$392.7K · 7.0%
  • All other$495.1K · 8.8%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)-0.240
Social (dim 2)0.333

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

Cite this page

Civic Herald. “Kristen McDonald Rivet: voting record, stated positions, funding.” https://civicherald.app/politicians/kristen-mcdonald-rivet-M001237.

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