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Your U.S. Representative for Michigan's 8th Congressional District (MI-08) is **Kristen McDonald Rivet (D)**.

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Kristen Lee McDonald Rivet is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the Michigan Senate for the 35th district, where she was the assistant majority floor leader from 2023 to 2025.


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In 2023, the district was redrawn to be centered on the city of Flint and the "Tri-Cities" metropolitan area around Saginaw, Midland, Bay City. The district includes all of Saginaw and Bay counties, almost all of Genesee County, and portions of Midland and Tuscola counties.


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In January 2024, McDonald Rivet declared her candidacy to run for the United States House of Representatives for Michigan's 8th congressional district to replace the retiring Dan Kildee in the 2024 Democratic primary. She campaigned on economic security and family-focused issues, won the Democratic primary, and defeated Republican Paul Junge in the general election.
 
Although Donald Trump carried the district by two points in the presidential race, McDonald Rivet won by nearly seven points.


- On committee assignments: 
She was appointed to the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and was selected as the Freshman Leadership Representative for the New Democrat Coalition.


You can reach her office through her official website at mcdonaldrivet.house.gov. If you'd like to confirm she represents your specific address, you can verify your district using your ZIP code at house.gov's "Find Your Representative" tool.