United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, Michigan 8
Kristen McDonald Rivet
Result: Won · 55.5% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Kristen McDonald Rivet’s FEC committees ran 6 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 27 July 2026 and 22 October 2026. Meta reports $4.7–6.5K of spend. That makes Kristen McDonald Rivet the 632nd largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, Michigan 8. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
6
ads on 1 page
$5.6K
reported spend, range $4.7–6.5K
100%
of spend on federal races
$950
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$5.6K
6 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Kristen McDonald Rivet for Michigan · $5.6K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $950
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 33%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$205.8–259.7K
57 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 4 November 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 41.6×
- Formats
- 57 video
- Impressions
- 7.1M–8.2M
- Targeting declared
- age on 44 ads · gender on 44 ads
- States named
- Michigan
- Last ad shown
- 4 Nov
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristen for Michigan | 57 | 57 video | MI | 8 Sep | 4 Nov | $205.8–259.7K |
Google publishes no ad text; the link on each account opens its ads in Google’s Ads Transparency Center. An account is tied to this page by its FEC committee; a party page lists its 1 largest.
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 6 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Tom Smith$1.5K
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| KRISTEN FOR MICHIGAN C00864207 | 6 | $5.6K |
The committees whose ads count for the candidate, as the FEC names them.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
Hear directly from Governor Gretchen Whitmer on why she’s supporting Kristen McDonald Rivet for Congress – and then chip in $5, $35, or even $50 to keep this seat blue.
1 September 2026 · Kristen McDonald Rivet for Michigan · $1.5–2K · 15K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Senator Mark Kelly, Gabby Giffords and I recorded this short video together. Give it a watch, then chip in $5, $15, or whatever you can to help us fight back against the MAGA attacks.
22 October 2026 · Kristen McDonald Rivet for Michigan · $1–1.5K · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
My MAGA opponent, Tom Smith, spent January 6th at the U.S. Capitol. He posted for weeks about going, rode the train down with other "Patriots," and later bragged about being there. Help make sure Tom Smith never gets near the Capitol again by chipping in $5, $10, or whatever you can afford today.
17 September 2026 · Kristen McDonald Rivet for Michigan · $1–1.5K · 15K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Knock knock. 🚪 We're hitting doors in every corner of MI-08 — because every conversation we have could decide this race. Will you donate $5, $10, or even $35 to help get our message out?
27 July 2026 · Kristen McDonald Rivet for Michigan · $400 – $499 · 4K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Meet my opponent Tom Smith: the MAGA Republican running who spent January 6th at the Capitol. Here's what he posted on Social media, in his own words: 🔴 “I am estimating 3 million. I will be there. Traveling on Amtrak from Michigan. I got a room for $74 two blocks from the Capitol on Priceline.” 🔴 "All Trumps followers should head to DC on January 6th.! It will be epic and will change history. 🔴 “An Amtrak train full of Patriots about 10 minutes from arrival!" MI-08 deserves a representat
17 September 2026 · Kristen McDonald Rivet for Michigan · $200 – $299 · 5K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Kristen McDonald Rivet for Michigan | 6 | $5.6K |
Each name opens the page’s Vipima page, with its own figures and its link to Meta’s Ad Library.
Figures cover domestic political ads paid in dollars, from 4 May 2026. Spend is the sum of Meta’s range midpoints; impressions above one million are reported as “1M+”, so impression figures are floors. Each ad counts in the week its delivery started, with its lifetime spend at our last pull; ads still running before the vote are counted as of 31 October 2026.
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