Michigan's 8th district — 2026 race

November 3, 2026. Pro-Israel PAC money received, spent for and spent against each candidate this cycle, from FEC filings.

Kristen McDonald Rivet has received $230,172 from pro-Israel PACs in the 2026 cycle, chiefly from J Street PAC (FEC filings through 2026-09-30). Tom Smith has no pro-Israel PAC money on record this cycle.

On the November 3 ballot

Kristen McDonald Rivet (Democrat, incumbent, $5.6M raised)
received $230,172 · spent for $0 · spent against $0
Tom Smith (Republican, $243K raised)
received $0 · spent for $0 · spent against $0

Also on the ballot: C. Mia Pettus (Libertarian), Jim Casha (Green), Kathy Goodwin (Working Class)

Which PACs, per candidate

Kristen McDonald Rivet: J Street PAC — $220K given; JACPAC — $10K given; Jewish Democratic Council of America PAC — $200 given

Decided in the primary

Amir Hassan (R) — lost the primary
received $3,500 · spent for $0 · spent against $0

Kristen McDonald Rivet's page

Other Michigan races

Michigan Senate — Abdul El-Sayed (D), Mike Rogers (R)
Michigan's 1st district — Callie Barr (D), Jack Bergman (R)
Michigan's 2nd district — Benjamin Ambrose (D), John Moolenaar (R)
Michigan's 3rd district — Hillary Scholten (D), Terri DeBoer (R)
Michigan's 4th district — Sean McCann (D), Bill Huizenga (R)
Michigan's 5th district — Christian Vukasovich (D), Tim Walberg (R)
Michigan's 6th district — Debbie Dingell (D), Heather Smiley (R)
Michigan's 7th district — William Lawrence (D), Tom Barrett (R)
Michigan's 9th district — Ray Pooley (D), Lisa McClain (R)
Michigan's 10th district — Christina Hines (D), Mike Bouchard Jr. (R)
Michigan's 11th district — Jeremy Moss (D), Ethan Baker (R), Anil Kumar (I)
Michigan's 12th district — Rashida Tlaib (D), James Hooper (R)
Michigan's 13th district — Donavan McKinney (D), T.P. Nykoriak (R)

Candidates from the state's certified ballot as reported by Wikipedia's 2026 election articles, checked against Ballotpedia, state election offices and FEC filings (verified 2026-10-02); each race shows its Democratic and Republican nominees plus any other candidate with at least $25,000 raised or tracked PAC money, up to three. Money is the 2026 election cycle (January 2025 onward) from the tracked pro-Israel PACs, as of 2026-09-30: "received" is direct and earmarked contributions to the campaign; "spent for" and "spent against" are independent expenditures. Money spent against a candidate is shown on its own and never credited to an opponent. Methodology.