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Michigan 8th

📅 General: November 3, 2026
Last updated: Sep 03, 2026 09:35 PM
Poll Leader
No polls
0 candidates polled
Total Money in Race
$5.6M
Combined fundraising
Outside Spending
$28K
Independent expenditures
Corporate Influence
$627
2 lobbying clients
🧠 Race Intelligence
Toss-Up
Signal Alignment INSUFFICIENT DATA at 0%
Data Signals
📈 Barrett: Net IE: +91K
🏛️ Super PAC Activity in This Race
Committee
Direction
Amount
MICHIGAN VALUES PAC
Opposing Brink
$2.5M
LCV VICTORY FUND
Opposing Huizenga
$994K
DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS
Opposing Huizenga
$512K
ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
Opposing Brink
$250K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP AC
Supporting Barrett
$170K
WEST MICHIGAN FOR COMMON SENSE
Opposing Scholten
$156K
SOMOS PAC
Opposing Huizenga
$118K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Supporting Barrett
$102K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES
Supporting Mccann
$63K
BATTLEGROUND DEMOCRATS
Opposing Brink
$58K
🏛️ Corporate Influence Pipeline
Companies spending $10K lobbying Congress are simultaneously directing $627 in campaign spending in this race.
2
Corporate Clients
$10K
Lobbying Spend
$627
Campaign Spending
2
Lobbyists
Lobbying Issues Connected to This Race
🛡️ Defense & Security
Company Lobbying $ Campaign $ Candidate
ACT INC 🛡️
$10K
$313
MCDONALD RIVET
AC, INC.
$0
$313
MCDONALD RIVET
Source: Senate LDA filings + FEC data via Hammerhead Intelligence. Lobbying $ = annual reported federal lobbying expenditures (company-wide). Campaign $ = IE spending directed at candidates in this specific race.
Federal Spending Context (CD-08)
Federal awards flowing into this jurisdiction · Source: USAspending.gov
$55.6B
Total Awards
9,962,311
Population
Top Industries & Recipients ▾
Other Heavy and Civil Engineer · $13.8M Other Technical and Trade Scho · $12.4M Surgical Appliance and Supplie · $4.1M Commercial and Institutional B · $2.8M Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordn · $2.1M Electromedical and Electrother · $1.6M
Recipient Amount
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THE
$195.0M
LAKE STATE RAILWAY CO
$27.1M
GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT
$17.2M
GENESEE, COUNTY OF
$16.2M
SAGINAW INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT
$11.5M
GREAT LAKES BAY HEALTH CENTERS
$11.0M
HAMILTON COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK, INC.
$7.8M
FLINT HOUSING COMMISSION
$7.5M
Candidate Comparison
Candidate
RCP Avg
Raised
COH
Sm $
Burn
IE For
IE Agst
Mcdonald Rivet (D)
—
$5.6M
$4.3M
11%
25%
$28K
—
Financial Breakdown
Mcdonald Rivet (D)
Total Raised
$5,644,876
Cash on Hand
$4,254,099
Disbursements
$1,407,808
Individual Contributions
$3,620,746
PAC Contributions
$1,529,019
Small Dollar %
10.8%
Burn Rate
24.9%
Net IE Advantage
+$28K
📜 Historical Context — Michigan
Partisan Lean R+2
↘ Trending R+6

MI has a partisan lean of R+2. The state has shifted toward Republicans by 6 points in recent elections. Democrats won 4 of the last 4 Senate races here (avg margin D+11).

Presidential Results
2020 D+2.8
2016 R+0.2
2012 D+9.5
2008 D+16.4
2004 D+3.4
Senate Results
2020 D+1.7
2018 D+6.5
2014 D+13.3
2012 D+20.8