FOX: Melissa Gilbert, former star of “Little House on the Prairie” and president of the Screen Actors Guild, said that she is dropping her bid for a congressional seat in Michigan.

Gilbert said that injuries she suffered to her head and neck in a 2012 accident have worsened.

“While I have received the best treatment and therapy I could have asked for, those injuries have only gotten worse,” Gilbert said, according to a statement she gave to the Detroit Free Press. “As much as it breaks my heart to say this, my doctors have told me I am physically unable to continue my run for Congress.”

Democrats had been eyeing the seat as a potential pickup. It is held by Rep. Mike Bishop (R-Mich.) more