- See Kristen McDonald Rivet's sponsored bills →Kristen McDonald RivetDemocraticIncumbent✓ Verified$6.8M raised
- Thomas J. SmithRepublican✓ Verified$550K raised
- C. Mia PettusLibertarian✓ Verified
- Jim CashaGreen✓ Verified
- Kathy GoodwinWorking Class Party✓ Verified
Where they stand
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| Issue | Kristen McDonald RivetDemocratic | Thomas J. SmithRepublican | C. Mia PettusLibertarian | Jim CashaGreen | Kathy GoodwinWorking Class Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | McDonald Rivet supports tax cuts for working families and ending burdensome retirement taxes to help lower costs and improve economic conditions. McDonald Rivet supports reinvesting in an economy that prioritizes working Americans and advocates for common-sense AI regulations to protect jobs and safety. Kristen McDonald Rivet votes yea on acts supporting technology use, capital access, terrorism risk insurance, child welfare, and financial exploitation prevention, and nay on privacy in purchases. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Pettus supports lowering the cost of living, growing Michigan jobs through sustainable manufacturing, skilled trades, small business, and bringing overseas jobs back. | No public position found. | Goodwin supports automatically raising wages, pensions and disability payments whenever prices increase. |
| Where they differ on Economy & Jobs: Kristen McDonald Rivet supports tax cuts for working families and ending burdensome retirement taxes to lower costs and improve economic conditions 1. She also supports reinvesting in an economy that prioritizes working Americans and advocates for common-sense AI regulations to protect jobs and safety 2. Additionally, she votes yea on acts supporting technology use, capital access, terrorism risk insurance, child welfare, and financial exploitation prevention, and nay on privacy in purchases 3. Kathy Goodwin supports automatically raising wages, pensions, and disability payments whenever prices increase 4. | |||||
| Healthcare | McDonald Rivet supports affordable healthcare, including tax cuts for families buying healthcare, Medicare buy-in options, price transparency, and forcing drug companies to negotiate prices. McDonald Rivet opposes the HHS proposed rule to overhaul Head Start, arguing it would harm children and families by weakening protections and reducing program quality. She votes yea on rural care improvement, early act reauthorization, and patient support acts, and nay on Medicaid harm and lowering health care premiums acts. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Pettus supports universal access to affordable healthcare with public financing, preventive care, prescription affordability, and reducing administrative costs. Pettus supports moving toward universal healthcare coverage using federal purchasing power to negotiate lower prescription prices. | No public position found. | Goodwin calls health care a basic human right as important as food, water, shelter and education. |
| Where they differ on Healthcare: Kristen McDonald Rivet supports affordable healthcare with tax cuts for families, Medicare buy-in options, price transparency, and drug price negotiations, and she opposes the HHS rule to overhaul Head Start due to concerns about harming children and families 12. She voted yea on rural care improvement, early act reauthorization, and patient support acts, and nay on Medicaid harm and lowering health care premiums acts 3. C. Mia Pettus supports moving toward universal healthcare coverage by using federal purchasing power to negotiate lower prescription prices 4. Kathy Goodwin calls healthcare a basic human right, equally important as food, water, shelter, and education 5. | |||||
| Immigration | Kristen McDonald Rivet votes yea on acts related to deporting fraudsters, national emergency, stopping illegal entry, and special interest alien reporting, and nay on BOWOW Act. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Pettus supports secure borders, credible enforcement, orderly legal immigration, employer accountability, due process, and human dignity in immigration policy. Pettus supports stronger warrant requirements for government surveillance and access to residents' digital and medical information. | No public position found. | Goodwin says it is wrong that immigrants and non-citizens are denied due process and Fourth Amendment protections. |
| Where they differ on Immigration: Kristen McDonald Rivet votes yea on acts related to deporting fraudsters, national emergency, stopping illegal entry, and special interest alien reporting, and nay on BOWOW Act 1. C. Mia Pettus supports stronger warrant requirements for government surveillance and access to residents' digital and medical information 2. Kathy Goodwin says it is wrong that immigrants and non-citizens are denied due process and Fourth Amendment protections 3. | |||||
| Public Safety & Crime | McDonald Rivet supports increasing funding for local police and sheriffs, securing federal investments, and co-sponsoring bipartisan bills to fully fund local law enforcement. She votes yea on acts enhancing prison staff safety, guard act, cashless bail reporting, and keeping violent offenders off streets, and nay on privacy in purchases and veterans 2nd amendment protection. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Pettus supports professional, trained, and fairly compensated law enforcement with recruitment, equipment, emergency response, civilian oversight, and youth programs. | No public position found. | No public position found. |
| Abortion | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. | No public position found. |
| Taxes & Government Spending | McDonald Rivet supports tax cuts for working families and efforts to reduce the influence of special interests and big money in politics. She votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims and AGOA extension acts, and nay on budget resolution, continuing appropriations, national security, and agriculture appropriations acts. | Smith supports President Trump's 'America First' agenda to lower costs for working families and cut wasteful spending. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. | No public position found. |
| Where they differ on Taxes & Government Spending: Kristen McDonald Rivet supports tax cuts for working families and efforts to reduce the influence of special interests and big money in politics 1. She voted yea on tax relief for fraud victims and AGOA extension acts, and nay on budget resolution, continuing appropriations, national security, and agriculture appropriations acts 2. Thomas J. Smith supports President Trump's 'America First' agenda to lower costs for working families and cut wasteful spending 3. | |||||
| Energy & Environment | Kristen McDonald Rivet votes yea on diesel emissions reduction, marine conservation, battlefield protection, consumer fuel choice, and HEATS acts, and nay on EPA rule disapproval. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Pettus supports reliable, affordable energy, grid modernization, solar and sustainable energy, efficiency, and sustainable manufacturing. Pettus says large new energy users like data centers should bear the infrastructure costs instead of shifting them to households. | No public position found. | Goodwin says Michigan's for-profit energy utilities prioritize shareholder profit over affordability and reliability. |
| Where they differ on Energy & Environment: Kristen McDonald Rivet votes yea on diesel emissions reduction, marine conservation, battlefield protection, consumer fuel choice, and HEATS acts, and nay on EPA rule disapproval 1. C. Mia Pettus says large new energy users like data centers should bear the infrastructure costs instead of shifting them to households 2. Kathy Goodwin says Michigan's for-profit energy utilities prioritize shareholder profit over affordability and reliability 3. | |||||
| Foreign Policy & Defense | McDonald Rivet supports bipartisan cooperation to get things done but does not state specific foreign policy or defense positions. She votes yea on resolutions directing removal of US forces from Iran and Lebanon, Ukraine support, veterans clinic naming, and nay on national defense authorization act. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Pettus supports secure borders, credible enforcement, orderly legal immigration, military readiness, procurement oversight, and responsible defense spending. | No public position found. | No public position found. |