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American politician (born 1970)

Kristen McDonald Rivet


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 8th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2025
Preceded by	Dan Kildee
Member of the Michigan Senate from the 35th district
In office January 1, 2023 – January 3, 2025
Preceded by	Curt VanderWall
Succeeded by	Vacant

Personal details
Born	Kristen Lee McDonald (1970-07-11) July 11, 1970 (age 54) Portland, Michigan, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Joseph Rivet
Children	6
Relatives	Karen McDonald (sister)
Education	Michigan State University (BA) University of Michigan, Flint (MA)

Kristen Lee McDonald Rivet (born July 11, 1970) is an American politician who has served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 8th congressional district since 2025. She was a member of the Michigan Senate for the 35th district from 2023 to 2025.

Early life and education

McDonald Rivet was born on July 11, 1970, in Portland, Michigan, where she was raised with her fraternal twin sister Karen McDonald. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Michigan State University and a Master of Arts in education and public administration from the University of Michigan–Flint.

Career

Prior to entering politics, McDonald Rivet served as chief of staff for State Superintendent Michael P. Flanagan and was vice president of the Skillman Foundation. Her first political position was in the Charter Commission for Bay City, Michigan. McDonald Rivet followed that up by serving as a member of the Bay City Commission, representing the city's 2nd ward.

Michigan Senate

She was elected to the Michigan Senate in November 2022, defeating Republican state Representative Annette Glenn.

U.S. House of Representatives

McDonald Rivet declared her candidacy to run for the United States House of Representatives Michigan's 8th congressional district to replace the retiring Dan Kildee in the 2024 Democratic primary. McDonald Rivet won the election.

Personal life

McDonald Rivet and her husband, Joseph Rivet, have six children.

References

"Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet - D Michigan, 8th - Biography". LegiStorm. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
^ "Michigan Legislative Biography - Kristen McDonald Rivet". Library of Michigan. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
Chalk, Dan (September 30, 2022). "McDonald Rivet, Glenn share views in 35th State Senate District race". Midland Daily News. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
"Kristen McDonald". Detroit Regional Chamber. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
Dodson, Andrew (November 13, 2017). "Here are the elected members of the Bay City Charter Commission". mlive. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
"Michigan Legislature is up for grabs: These are races to watch on Election Day | Bridge Michigan". www.bridgemi.com. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
Chalk, Dan (November 9, 2022). "McDonald Rivet defeats Glenn for 35th District state senate seat". Midland Daily News. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
"Kristen McDonald Rivet". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
Pasciolla, Isabelle (January 4, 2024). "Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet celebrates Congressional run announcement; receives union endorsement". Midland Daily News. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
Spangler, Todd (November 6, 2024). "McDonald Rivet wins Michigan's 8th Congressional District race". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved November 6, 2024.

External links

Campaign website
Appearances on C-SPAN

Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byDan Kildee	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 8th congressional district 2025–present	Incumbent

v t e Michigan's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators	▌Gary Peters (D) ▌Elissa Slotkin (D)
Representatives (ordered by district)	▌Jack Bergman (R) ▌John Moolenaar (R) ▌Hillary Scholten (D) ▌Bill Huizenga (R) ▌Tim Walberg (R) ▌Debbie Dingell (D) ▌Tom Barrett (R) ▌Kristen McDonald Rivet (D) ▌Lisa McClain (R) ▌John James (R) ▌Haley Stevens (D) ▌Rashida Tlaib (D) ▌Shri Thanedar (D)

Current members of the United States House of Representatives

Speaker: Mike Johnson

Majority

v t e Republican Party conference
Speaker: Mike Johnson ‧ Majority Leader: Steve Scalise ‧ Majority Whip: Tom Emmer
Other members: Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean Begich Bentz Bergman Bice A. Biggs S. Biggs Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey B. Carter J. Carter Ciscomani Cline Cloud Clyde Cole Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Davidson De La Cruz DesJarlais Díaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn Edwards Ellzey Estes Evans Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin Fry Fulcher Garbarino Gill Giménez C. Goldman Gonzales Gooden Gosar Graves Green Greene Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh Haridopolos Harrigan A. Harris M. Harris Harshbarger Hern Higgins Hill Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd Issa Jack R. Jackson James D. Johnson Jordan D. Joyce J. Joyce Kean M. Kelly T. Kelly M. Kennedy Kiggans Kiley Kim Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota LaMalfa Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Massie Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser C. Miller Mary Miller Max Miller Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Ba. Moore Bl. Moore R. Moore T. Moore Moran Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler H. Rogers M. Rogers Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Schmidt Schweikert A. Scott Self Sessions Shreve Simpson A. Smith C. Smith J. Smith Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson Tiffany Timmons Turner Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Orden Wagner Walberg Waltz Weber Webster Westerman Wied R. Williams Wilson Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Delegates: King-Hinds Moylan Radewagen

Minority

v t e Democratic Party caucus
Minority Leader: Hakeem Jeffries ‧ Minority Whip: Katherine Clark
Other members: Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragán Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson T. Carter Casar Case Casten Castor Castro Cherfilus-McCormick Chu Cisneros Clarke Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Connolly Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids Da. Davis Do. Davis Dean DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans Fields Figures Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel Friedman Frost Garamendi C. García R. Garcia S. Garcia Gillen Golden D. Goldman Gomez Gonzalez Goodlander Gottheimer Green Gray Grijalva Harder Hayes Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle Huffman Ivey J. Jackson Jacobs Jayapal H. Johnson J. Johnson Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating R. Kelly T. Kennedy Khanna Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen Larson Latimer Sum. Lee Sus. Lee Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Matsui McBath McBride McClain-Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sánchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier B. Scott D. Scott Sewell Sherman Sherrill Simon Smith Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Swalwell Sykes Takano Thanedar B. Thompson M. Thompson Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko N. Torres R. Torres Trahan Tran Turner Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velázquez Vindman Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams Wilson
Delegates: Holmes Norton Plaskett Rivera

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan

Territory	Woodbridge Sibley Richard Wing Biddle Wing Lyon G. Jones
At-large	Crary J. Howard Kelley Staebler

1st district	McClelland Buel Penniman D. Stuart W. Howard Cooper W. Howard Granger Beaman Waldron Field A. S. Williams Newberry Lord Maybury J. L. Chipman Griffin Corliss Lucking Denby Doremus Codd Clancy Sosnowski Clancy Sadowski Tenerowicz Sadowski Machrowicz Nedzi Conyers Stupak Benishek Bergman
2nd district	Lyon J. S. Chipman E. Bradley C. Stuart Sprague C. Stuart Noble Waldron Beaman Upson Stoughton Waldron Willits Eldredge Allen Gorman Spalding H. Smith Townsend Wedemeyer Beakes Bacon Beakes Michener Lehr Michener Meader Vivian Esch Pursell Hoekstra Huizenga Moolenaar
3rd district	Hunt Bingham J. Conger Clark Walbridge Kellogg Longyear Blair Willard McGowan Lacey O'Donnell Burrows Milnes A. Todd Gardner J. Smith Frankhauser J. Smith A. B. Williams Hooper Kimball Main Shafer Johansen P. Todd G. Brown Wolpe Henry Ehlers Amash Meijer Scholten
4th district	H. L. Stevens Peck Leach Trowbridge Kellogg Ferry Foster Burrows Potter Keightley Burrows Yaple Burrows Thomas Hamilton Ketcham Foulkes Hoffman Hutchinson Stockman Siljander Upton Camp Moolenaar Huizenga
5th district	Baldwin Trowbridge O. Conger Foster W. Williams Stone Webber Houseman Comstock M. Ford Belknap M. Ford Belknap Richardson W. Smith Diekema Sweet Mapes Jonkman G. Ford Vander Veen Sawyer Henry Barcia D. E. Kildee D. T. Kildee Walberg
6th district	Driggs Strickland Sutherland Begole Durand Brewer Spaulding Winans Brewer Stout Aitken S. Smith Kelley Hudson Person Cady Blackney Transue Blackney Clardy Hayworth Chamberlain Carr Dunn Carr Upton Dingell
7th district	O. Conger Rich Carleton Whiting Snover Weeks McMorran Cramton Wolcott McIntosh O'Hara Mackie Riegle D. E. Kildee N. Smith Schwarz Walberg Schauer Walberg Slotkin Barrett
8th district	N. Bradley Ellsworth Horr Tarsney Bliss Youmans Linton Brucker Fordney Vincent Hart Crawford Bentley Harvey Traxler Carr Chrysler Stabenow Rogers M. Bishop Slotkin Kildee McDonald Rivet
9th district	Hubbell Cutcheon H. Wheeler Moon R. Bishop McLaughlin Harry W. Musselwhite Engel Thompson Griffin Vander Jagt D. E. Kildee Knollenberg Peters S. Levin A. Levin McClain
10th district	Hatch Fisher F. Wheeler Weadock Crump Aplin Loud Woodruff Loud Currie Woodruff Cederberg Albosta Schuette Camp Bonior Miller Mitchell McClain J. James
11th district	Breitung Moffatt Seymour Stephenson Avery Mesick Darragh Dodds Lindquist Scott Bohn P. Brown Luecke F. Bradley Potter Knox Clevenger Ruppe Davis Knollenberg McCotter Curson Bentivolio Trott H. Stevens
12th district	Stephenson Shelden Young MacDonald W. F. James Hook Bennett Hook Bennett O'Hara Bonior Levin J. Dingell Jr. D. Dingell Tlaib
13th district	Nichols McLeod Brennan McLeod O'Brien McLeod O'Brien Coffin O'Brien Diggs Crockett Collins W. Ford Rivers Kilpatrick Clarke Conyers B. Jones Tlaib Thanedar
14th district	Weideman Rabaut Youngblood Rabaut Ryan Nedzi Hertel Conyers Peters Lawrence
15th district	J. Dingell Sr. J. Dingell Jr. W. Ford Collins Kilpatrick J. Dingell Jr.
16th district	Lesinski Sr. Lesinski Jr. J. Dingell Jr.
17th district	Dondero Oakman Griffiths Brodhead Levin
18th district	Dondero Broomfield Huber Blanchard Broomfield
19th district	Farnum McDonald Broomfield

Members of the Michigan State Senate

102nd Legislature (2023–2025)

President of the Senate: Garlin Gilchrist (D)
President pro tempore: Jeremy Moss (D)
Majority Leader: Winnie Brinks (D)
Minority Leader: Aric Nesbitt (R)

▌Erika Geiss (D)
▌Sylvia Santana (D)
▌Stephanie Chang (D)
▌Darrin Camilleri (D)
▌Dayna Polehanki (D)
▌Mary Cavanagh (D)
▌Jeremy Moss (D)
▌Mallory McMorrow (D)
▌Michael Webber (R)
▌Paul Wojno (D)
▌Veronica Klinefelt (D)
▌Kevin Hertel (D)
▌Rosemary Bayer (D)
▌Sue Shink (D)
▌Jeff Irwin (D)
▌Joe Bellino (R)
▌Jonathan Lindsey (R)
▌Thomas Albert (R)
▌Sean McCann (D)
▌Aric Nesbitt (R)
▌Sarah Anthony (D)
▌Lana Theis (R)
▌Jim Runestad (R)
▌Ruth Johnson (R)
▌Dan Lauwers (R)
▌Kevin Daley (R)
▌John D. Cherry (D)
▌Sam Singh (D)
▌Winnie Brinks (D)
▌Mark Huizenga (R)
▌Roger Victory (R)
▌Jon Bumstead (R)
▌Rick Outman (R)
▌Roger Hauck (R)
▌Kristen McDonald Rivet (D)
▌Michele Hoitenga (R)
▌John Damoose (R)
▌Ed McBroom (R)

▌Democratic (20)
▌Republican (18)

Michigan's delegation(s) to the 119th–present United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)

119th

Senate: ▌G. Peters (D) · ▌E. Slotkin (D)

House:

▌T. Walberg (R)
▌B. Huizenga (R)
▌D. Dingell (D)
▌J. Moolenaar (R)
▌J. Bergman (R)
▌H. Stevens (D)
▌R. Tlaib (D)
▌L. McClain (R)
▌J. James (R)
▌H. Scholten (D)
▌S. Thanedar (D)
▌T. Barrett (R)
▌K. McDonald Rivet (D)

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