Connecticut Speaker Ritter Steps Back From UConn Interim Presidency

Connecticut House Speaker Matt Ritter has withdrawn from consideration for a possible interim presidency at the University of Connecticut and says he will remain speaker for another two-year term. He called leading the House his “dream job” and said he was honored UConn officials had approached him. Ritter’s decision follows uncertainty over whether UConn President Radenka Maric might leave for another university; Ritter said he understood there would be no vacancy, though Maric’s contract expires next June and any extension would require approval from UConn’s Board of Trustees. Ritter is expected to lead a Democratic caucus holding a 116-35 majority.