Robyn Porter is a former American politician and Democrat who represented Connecticut's 94th House District in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2014 to 2025. A native of New York, she moved to New Haven in 2000 and has two adult children. She is a longtime community activist, serving as co-chairwoman of the Steering Committee for the Newhallville Community Resilience Team, focusing on public safety, social cohesion, and police accountability. Porter did not seek reelection in 2024, missing her district's nominating convention and delivering a farewell speech criticizing House leadership.

Notable achievements include leading a 14-hour debate for a minimum wage increase to $15 by 2023, sponsoring pay equity laws for women, expanding protections for domestic violence victims, implementing paid family and medical leave , reforming criminal and juvenile justice , advancing gun violence prevention, body cameras, and police accountability, and enacting an African-American and Latino studies elective in public schools.

Education and Political Experience

No specific details on formal education are available from public records.

Porter worked for the Communications Workers of America from 2001 to 2017. Elected in a 2014 special election, she served on the Appropriations and Judiciary committees and was House chairwoman of the Labor and Public Employees Committee starting in 2017. She also co-chaired the Juvenile Justice Oversight and Policy Committee's Education Subcommittee, addressing education disparities for children of color.