Titus North

==Background==
* Green Party
* teacher, ran for Mayor, City of Pittsburgh, in the 2005 general election. He lost to Bob O'Connor. 
* Might run for US Congress against Mike Doyle in 2006.
* 44, Squirrel Hill, 2005 candidate for Mayor, City of Pittsburgh won by Bob O'Connor
* Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Since 1989 he has worked as a financial and political analyst at the Thomson Corporation, and is active in progressive political causes. Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
* North4Mayor.org
Titus North ran for mayor, on the ballot in November 2005, as a Green Party candidate.
* Helped Jason Phillips run for City Council in 2006 as a Green. Weeks after the election Jason left the Green party to become a D again.
===Candidate for US Congress]]===
* http://www.VoteNorth.org
* Peace & Equality = headline of brochure
* 412-421-4036
Titus North is an adjuct professor in the University of Pittsburgh's Political Science department. He has worked for the Thomas Corporation since 1989 as a political and financial analyst and acted as Tokyo Bureau Chief in the early 1990s. He currently produces a daily English language digest of the Japanese financial press for Thomson, doing much of the translation himself.
With several generations of Pittsburgh ancestors and with children currently in Pittsburgh Public Schools, Titus has strong ties to the region. Among other community activities, Titus teaches karate at USA Professional Karate in Squirrel Hill and is an active member of the Pittsburgh Banjo Club. He is also on the board of directors at the Japanese School of Pittsburgh.
Titus has been a peace movement activist for decades and currently is a regular participant at Black Voices for Peace vigils. His previous activism in electoral politics includes work on Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988, including service as a state delegate. He joined the Green Party in 1997 and was the Green Party candidate for mayor of Pittsburgh in 2005.
Titus lives in Squirrel Hill with his wife and two children.
==Results to crow about in 2005==
Titus North received 2,337 votes out of 59,366 cast (3.94%). This performance is nearly twice the percentage of any previous Green candidate for city-wide office.
:Wards where Titus did especially well:
## Ward 8 (Friendship): 9.2%
## Ward 14 (Squirrel Hill): 8.2%
## Ward 11 (East Liberty/Highland Park): 8.0%
## Ward 17 (South Side): 7.5%
## Ward 7 (Shadyside): 6.8%
## Ward 22 (North Side-Allegheny West): 6.3%
## Ward 25 (Central North Side): 6.2%
## Ward 4 (Oakland): 5.5%
## Ward 21 (North Side-Manchester): 4.4%
## Ward 23 (North Side-East Allegheny): 4.0%
## Ward 16 (South Side-Arlington-St.Clair Village): 3.9%
==Links==
* http://titusnorth4mayor.org (not working in May, 2006) except a re-direct
* Green Party Allegheny County
===Blogs===
* http://republicpittsburgh.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-voting-needs-to-change-in.html#links from November, 2006
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