Rep. Lisa J. Billy today announced her endorsement of Tim Downing, Republican, to replace her in the District 42 House of Representatives seat. Downing, an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, an Assistant Attorney General, and a former assistant pastor, announced his candidacy last month.
“I am pleased to endorse Tim Downing. He is a tremendous family man, has served his country in the military, served others in the ministry and is a genuine Republican and conservative,” Billy said. “I have known Tim Downing for many years, and I am able to endorse him unequivocally and without reservation. I know he is genuine, smart, capable and has true conservative convictions,” Billy said.
“Since Republicans have been put in charge of the state Legislature, there are those who will run for office as Republicans only because it’s the best way to win. We have to be discerning, and so it’s important to me that Tim has a long-standing commitment to our traditional values, limited government and lower but responsible taxes. He understands that schools need our support, and that students deserve results.”
Downing is a native of rural southern Oklahoma. He grew up working on farms and graduated from a small rural high school in Garvin County. “Nobody will fight harder for rural Oklahoma than Tim Downing,” Billy said. Tim and his wife, Lan, have four children. The Downings met while Lan worked at Tio’s Mexican Restaurant in Pauls Valley.
Downing said he is honored to have the support of Representative Billy. “She has been a stateswoman, and a true woman of God who has led by example, not by mere words.”
Downing works as a prosecutor in the Office of the Attorney General and as a JAG officer in the U.S. Army Reserve. He says his experience as a conservative in the legal system provides him the knowledge to make changes here in Oklahoma while fighting against federal overreach.
