Porter Withdraws From House Majority Leader Race as Thursday Vote Approaches.

State Representative Robyn Porter (D-New Haven) has been telling supporters that she is ending her bid to become the House Majority Leader. House Democrats will meet Thursday afternoon to elect new leaders.

Porter was competing with East Hartford Democrat Jason Rojas in the contest to succeed Representative Matthew Ritter, who will be elected Speaker of the House at the same meeting that will see Rojas win with the unanimous support of the 98 member caucus.