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U.S. Representative · Michigan 8th District
Kristen McDonald Rivet
DemocratDistrict R+1119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score82#27 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Kristen McDonald Rivet’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1408 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2208
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 5 signals
- StrongBacks 13 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 13 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 1107, H.R. 1262, H.R. 1329 and 8 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 909 Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1107 Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1262 Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1329 Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 1.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AgricultureMinority · 17th in seniority
- Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
- Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureMinority · 27th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Rivet← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.244 is 0.15 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 7388Smart Space Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 95
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