[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Kristen McDonald Rivet

Democratic · Representative, MI ·8

Score Components

31 ELEVATED

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

10 → 3

Contradiction Risk 25%

92 → 23

Intelligence Volume 10%

52 → 5

Constituency Deviation 5%

0 → 0

Voting Misalignment 5%

0 → 0

% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.

[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Unemployment rate: 6.8%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population: 2.58% (19.8k)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black (Non-Hispanic) population share: 14.7% (113k)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 73.8% (568k)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population: 770,294

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.9%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 73.0%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 15.8% (2024)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $63,195 (2024)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Michigan Proposal 2 — Voting Rights Amendment (early voting, absentee ballot protections) (2022) — passed, margin approved by voters

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Michigan Proposal 3 — Right to Reproductive Freedom (state constitutional amendment) (2022) — passed, margin 55% to 45%

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 - Retail Trade (share 0.126)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 - Manufacturing (share 0.17)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.171)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Dow Chemical Company (World HQ — Midland) (6000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Hurley Medical Center (Flint) (2500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: McLaren Flint Hospital (3000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: General Motors (Flint Truck Assembly and Powertrain plants in Flint, Bay City, Saginaw) (8000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Michigan's 8th Congressional District encompasses the Tri-Cities and Flint regions of Central Michigan, including all of Genesee, Saginaw, and Bay counties plus eastern Midland County. The district has approximately 770,000 residents and is a working-class, union-influenced region known historically as a Democratic s

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Voted nay on H.Res. 1142 / H.R. 7147 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 — On Motion to Concur in Senate Amendment) on 2026-03-27: McDonald Rivet voted against the DHS funding bill that included ICE appropriations. She publicly stated she would not vote to fund ICE until reforms are made, citing concerns that ICE had 'sowed chaos on our

primary · 2026-03-27

No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (Farm Bill) — On Passage	yea_unverified	2026-04-30	mixed
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 — On Motion to Concur i	nay	2026-03-27	mixed
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — On Passage	nay_unverified	2025-09-19	misaligned
Continuing Resolution — Government Funding Extension (March 2025)	nay_unverified	2025-03-11	deviating
Laken Riley Act — On Passage	yea	2025-01-22	deviating

Last contradiction analysis: Never

reversal 90/100

Platform: "McDonald Rivet wrote in a June 3, 2020 Facebook post during George Floyd protests: 'George Floyd was murdered while pleading for his life and calling "

Vote: on "At a National Police Week press conference in May 2025, McDonald Rivet stated: 'Our brave men and wo"

McDonald Rivet moved from calling policing 'a structure put in place to oppress' and being a 'ferocious supporter of the Defund the Police movement' in 2020 to claiming she was 'very proud to stand with' law enforcement and had supported them 'my ent

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "McDonald Rivet held a press conference at the Bridgeport Fire Department in late January 2026 celebrating $866,000 in federal funding, stating the fun"

Vote: on "McDonald Rivet voted NAY on the continuing resolution (H.R. 5371, Roll Call 285, September 19, 2025)"

McDonald Rivet held a press conference taking credit for $866,000 in Bridgeport Fire Department funding she had 'secured' through her Community Project Funding Initiative — but she voted against the appropriations bill (H.R. 5371, Roll Call 285) that

Last silence detection: Never

ICE agent doxxed by Democratic colleague Rep. Salud Carbajal — agent subsequently injured by rock attack

20d silent

Expected position: As a member of Congress who has stated she supports law enforcement and has voted for border security measures like the Laken Riley Act, McDonald Rivet would be expected to condemn

No donor interests mapped

No constituency baseline modelled

No platform commitments archived

No committee memberships recorded

Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

Component	Weight	Signal
Silence Risk	25%	Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Contradiction Risk	25%	Stated positions contradicted by voting record (recent findings boosted)
Connection Density	20%	Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups
Intelligence Volume	10%	Documented facts from verified sources (logarithmic scale)
Donor Influence	10%	Distinct donors with interests overlapping committee jurisdiction
Constituency Deviation	5%	Gap between district priorities and legislative focus
Voting Misalignment	5%	Floor votes contradicting stated platform positions

Each component produces a raw score 0–100. The weighted sum yields the overall score. Tier thresholds: Critical ≥ 45, High ≥ 36, Elevated ≥ 22, Moderate ≥ 10, Low < 10.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

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