Melissa Gilbert
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Little House On The Prairie Star Melissa Gilbert Running For Congress
Melissa Gilbert, the former child star of ‘Little House on the Prairie’, is to run for Congress in the US. The 51-year-old member of the Democrat party announced her candidacy for a congressional seat in Michigan yesterday. “I’m running for Congress to make life a little easier for all the families who feel they have fallen through the cracks in today’s economy,” she said in a statement.