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Democrat Faye Armitage lives in St. Johns County. She has five children, including one son currently servicing in the U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq, and two grandchildren.

She is making her first run for public office.

A former professor of economics at Valencia College in Orlando, Armitage is the founder of Cure Paralysis Now, and serves on the board of directors of Stem Cell Action Network and Hope4Stroke.

She has been a longtime activist for patient safety, stem-cell research, universal health care, and a responsible end to the Iraq War. Stories about her activism have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and The Orlando Sentinel.

Armitage is a member of the Democratic Executive Committee of St. Johns County.

Choose whether you agree or disagree on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being "Strongly Agree" and 1 being "Strongly Disagree." Add a 1 sentence comment to clarify your stance with the readers.

There is as much opportunity for a person to become a homeowner as there was five years ago.

3 — Comment: While productivity grew in the 2000s, people's incomes failed to reflect this increased productivity. Real median family incomes have dropped for the first time on record.

A nationalized health-care system should be available to all U.S. residents.

5 — Comment: The New England Journal of Medicine reported that the US would save $350 billion every year, under a nationalized healthcare system, while covering everyone.

We are in the midst of nationalizing the financial markets protecting Wall Street, there is no reason not to nationalize healthcare to protect Main street. According to a study published in the March Annals of Internal Medicine, 59 percent of phycsicains agree.

Congress should support, without qualification, the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.

3 — Comment: Though I support the second amendment, there should be reasonable restrictions.

The U.S. is safer than it was before 9/11.

2 — Comment: Because we have lost our standing in the world, we are more at risk.

Diplomacy is always the preferable strategy in dealing with international conflict.

4 — Comment: Fortunately, seven years of President Bush’s Don’t-Talk-to-Evil policy have come to an end, even under his own administration.

Accomplishment of which you are most proud: Leadership role in the increased awareness and acceptance of the use of discarded stem cells for stem cell research.
National approval rose from under 50 percent to a coveted 70 percent approval, at which it has held steady for the past 4-5 years.

Public-service goal you have yet to achieve: Universal health care

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