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Gilbert, 52, said continued problems from neck and back
injuries from a 2012 accident forced her to give up her
Democratic candidacy for the Republican-held seat.
"While I have received the best treatment and therapy I could
have asked for, those injuries have only gotten worse," Gilbert
said in a statement. "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."
Gilbert, who lives with her husband, actor Timothy Busfield, in
Howell, Michigan, about 60 miles (100 km) from Detroit, has no
political background but served two terms as president of the
Screen Actors Guild from 2001 to 2005.
She is the author of three books, including "Prairie Tale: A
Memoir," about her role in the show about a Minnesota farm
family in the 1870s and 1880s.
Gilbert's departure from the race improved the already strong
odds that U.S. Representative Mike Bishop, a Republican, would
win a second two-year term in the district, the Detroit Free
Press reported.
(Reporting by Justin Madden in Chicago; Editing by Fiona Ortiz
and Peter Cooney)
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