The impressive victory of incoming Democratic Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet offers revealing clues about where Democrats went wrong in this year’s election – and she isn’t pointing the finger at “woke” politics, according to a new analysis. “We focused continuously — almost exclusively — on pocketbook issues, on getting more money in people’s pockets,” McDonald Rivet told Aleem. He wrote …
State Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet’s husband, Joseph Rivet, may serve as a Bay City commissioner by day, but could a late career pivot to performing stunts be in the works? “We felt it was really important to tell my record on the largest tax cut for working families in Michigan’s history, and I do talk about it incessantly,” said McDonald …
With U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee announcing last year that he would not seek reelection in 2024, Michigan’s 8th Congressional District is at a critical juncture, as Democrats are seeking to retain control of the seat while Republicans look to flip a battleground district. “Everybody I know, either has a personal story or a story of someone close to them that’s …
Michigan state Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet on Wednesday became the fifth candidate to enter a competitive race for a U.S. House seat that Democrats are being forced to defend without an incumbent because of U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee’s retirement this year. State Board of Education President Pamela Pugh and Dan Moilanen, the executive director of the Michigan Association of Conservation …