Kristen Mcdonald Rivet
Democrat
· MI-8 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · Risk Management · and Credit · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management
Influence Score
47.1
Least exposed
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
6.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,131,778
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$7,269,195
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
2.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
7.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$112,293 direct
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $19.12M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $38K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$3,508,543
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
J STREET ACTION FUND
Share from this one network
5.3%
Amount from this network
$112,293
Total from all networks
$2,103,764
Networks contributing
402
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Who funds Rivet
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$3,321,135
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
5.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
7.1%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
DOW
$41K
SEFL EMPLOYED
$25K
DOW CHEMICAL
$20K
GOOGLE
$17K
DOW
$16K
UC SAN FRANCISCO
$16K
DTE ENERGY
$15K
SORENSEN GROSS
$14K
HEMLOCK SEMICONDUCTOR
$14K
GOUGEON BROTHERS
$13K
BCBSM
$12K
UC BERKELEY
$12K
STATE OF MICHIGAN
$11K
UCSF
$11K
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
$11K
COINBASE
$10K
DOVER DEVELOPMENT
$10K
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$10K
STERLING
$10K
CENTRIA HEALTHCARE
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Kristen Mcdonald Rivet comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$7.11M
Disclosed outside spending
$7.00M
Dark-money outside spending
$113K
Share that is dark money
1.59%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$15K
Groups hiding their donors
6
By funding network
SLF PAC
$4.90M
NRCC
$1.75M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$1.52M
AMERICA PAC
$434K
EDF ACTION VOTES
$286K
JAKE LEVINE FOR CONGRESS
$240K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$189K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$34K
WORKING AMERICA
$29K
MICHIGAN PEOPLES CHOICE
$10K
SOMOS PAC
$6K
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND
$6K
CONCERNED CITIZEN
$761
MOMSRISING TOGETHER
$385
DEMOCRATIC MESSAGING PROJECT
$331
Groups that hide their donors
$94K
$15K
$3K
3 smaller groups under $500
$575
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$6.10M
JEFF YASS
$243.01M
VIRGINIA JAMES
$30.65M
TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC
$21.90M
BRETT HENDRICKSON
$1.02M
ROGER HERTOG
$675K
BITCOIN FREEDOM PAC
$114K
WIN IT BACK PAC
$128.61M
JEFF MR YASS
$75.00M
RICHARD UIHLEIN
$56.66M
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
116 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $215K to Kristen Mcdonald Rivet across 203 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$215K
Shared contributors
116
Contributions
203
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46 | 72 | $75K |
| 2026 | 83 | 131 | $140K |
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Kristen Mcdonald Rivet ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required