Cantor to Leave U.S. House Leadership Post on July 31

U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor plans to step aside from his leadership post following his primary election loss, as competing Republicans line up to seek his No. 2 position in a caucus vote set for June 19.

“All politics are local,” said Cantor, planning to step aside as majority leader on July 31 yet finish his term as a congressman from Virginia through the year’s end. “I just came up short and the voters elected another candidate.”