| Summary: | In his letter, Savage, apparently a child or adolescent, expresses his disappointment at Baggett's recent defeat in the Democratic primary, where she had run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives: "It was your first defeat but it was because you are a woman and people don't want women in congress. And I think that's very bad. . . . Of course I know your [sic] still hurt but don't give up you'll always be elected state treasure [sic], or auditor, or secretary of state. If you ever run again for congress again run as and Idipendant [sic]. Mother and Daddy are very very sorry to [sic]." He points out that she was not the only woman to lose in the election, and he gives detailed voting statistics (at the city, county, and state level) for all the candidates Baggett competed against. In her reply, Baggett thanks Savage for his support and agrees that "this was not the year for women to aspire to higher office. . . . Alabama was just not ready for a lady in Congress."
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