Steve Metzer

Tulsa World Capitol Bureau Staff Writer

OKLAHOMA CITY — A veteran state lawmaker from Edmond who announced Thursday that he is running for election as superintendent of public instruction said he would like to shift attention away from the one individual who holds the job and return it to the thousands of kids who depend on getting their education in public schools in Oklahoma.

Sen. Adam Pugh, a Republican who has chaired the Senate Education Committee, said he would change the “tone, tenor and style” of leadership at the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

“It’s not about me. It’s not about the title of state superintendent,” he said in remarks to reporters following his announcement at the Oklahoma History Center. “You make it not about you. You build relationships i

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