Rob Miller withdraws from Oklahoma superintendent race after wife's death

A leading Republican candidate in Oklahoma’s 2026 state superintendent race has withdrawn.

Rob Miller, the former superintendent of Bixby Public Schools, announced Wednesday he is ending his campaign following his wife’s unexpected death on Feb. 1. Rob and Anna Miller had been married 32 years. She died of an apparent heart attack, he said earlier this month.

“I know in my heart that I cannot refocus the energy and attention that a demanding statewide campaign requires while my family and I are still navigating such a profound and sudden loss,” he wrote in a social media post.