Actress Melissa Gilbert is best remembered as the freckle-faced child star in the 1970s and ’80s TV series “Little House on the Prairie.”
America watched her grow up on set – where she had her first kiss, learned to ride a horse and survived her first bee sting, she once told the Archive of American Television.
The show undoubtedly gave her a name in the industry – and it’s that name that may now give her a boost in the battle for political success.
Gilbert, 51, announced Monday that she’s running for Congress in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District. Gilbert lives with her husband, fellow actor Timothy Busfield, in Livingston County, where she is seeking the Democratic nomination in the hopes of challenging the district’s Republican incumbent.
Gilbert has already started facing challenges at the beginning of her political career.
