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House · Michigan 8th District

Rivet vs campaign)

General election · primary Aug 4 · general Nov 3, 2026

Dem Kristen McDonald Rivet (D)
Incumbent
Raised $6.82M
VS
Rep Thomas J. Smith (suspended campaign) (R)
Challenger
Raised $550K

The money

$11.49M in all, FEC through the most recent reports
Raised by the candidates
Democrats
$6.82M
across the Democratic field
Republicans
$1.64M
across the Republican field
Whole field
$8.47M
4 candidates
Spent by outside groups
Total
$3.02M
first arrived Feb 12
Against Democrats
$2.12M
of that total
For Democrats
$716K
of that total
On other candidates
$185K
for or against

How the district votes

Most recent first
2024 president R+2
2024 resultRivet vs Junge D+7
2022 resultKildee vs Junge D+10
A past result is under the district lines in force that year, which in the states that redrew for this cycle are not these lines.
Held by Kristen McDonald Rivet (D).

Who else ran

1 candidate no longer in the race