Michigan’s 8th District Race Heats Up As Six Candidates Vie For Open Congressional Seat‌

The Michigan flag. Kildee's retirement signified the conclusion of many years of Kildee family influence over the congressional seat in mid-Michigan and, potentially, the conclusion of fifty years of Democratic dominance in the seat representing Flint. BALLOTPEDIA.

Kristen McDonald Rivet (D), Paul Junge (R), and four other candidates are running in the general election for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Incumbent Dan Kildee (D) is retiring from public office.

Michigan Public Radio’s Steve Carmody wrote Kildee’s decision to retire “marked the end of decades of Kildee family control of the mid-Michigan congressional seat, and possibly along with it, a half-century of Democratic control of the seat representing Flint.”