Luke Torian

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Luke Torian
Democratic Party
Virginia House of Delegates District 24
Tenure
2024 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
2
Predecessor: Ellen Campbell (R)
Prior offices:
Virginia House of Delegates District 52
Years in office: 2010 - 2024
Successor: Wendell Walker (R)
Compensation
Base salary
$17,640/year
Per diem
$237/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 4, 2025
Personal
Religion
Christian: Baptist
Profession
Clergy
Contact
Official website
Official Facebook
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Personal Facebook
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Luke Torian (Democratic Party) is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 24. He assumed office on January 10, 2024. His current term ends on January 12, 2028.

Torian (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent District 24. He won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Biography

Torian's professional experience includes working as a pastor at First Mount Zion Baptist Church and as a co-president of Eastern Price William County Ministerial Association.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Torian was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Torian was assigned to the following committees:

2020-2021

Torian was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Torian was assigned to the following committees:

2016 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2016 legislative session, Torian served on the following committees:

Virginia committee assignments, 2016
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• Appropriations
• General laws
• Privileges and Elections

2015 legislative session

In the 2015 legislative session, Torian served on the following committees:

2014 legislative session

In the 2014 legislative session, Torian served on the following committees:

2012-2013

In the 2012-2013 legislative session, Torian served on the following committees:

2010-2011

In the 2010-2011 legislative session, Torian served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2025

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2025

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 24

Incumbent Luke Torian won election in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 24 on November 4, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Luke Torian
Luke Torian (D)
 
91.0
 
22,647
 Other/Write-in votes
 
9.0
 
2,235

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 24,882
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Luke Torian advanced from the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 24.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Torian received the following endorsements.

2023

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2023

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 24

Incumbent Luke Torian won election in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 24 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Luke Torian
Luke Torian (D)
 
90.8
 
14,614
 Other/Write-in votes
 
9.2
 
1,475

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 16,089
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Luke Torian advanced from the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 24.

Endorsements

Torian received the following endorsements.

2021

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2021

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 52

Incumbent Luke Torian defeated Maria Martin in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 52 on November 2, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Luke Torian
Luke Torian (D)
 
70.0
 
15,196
Image of Maria Martin
Maria Martin (R)
 
29.8
 
6,457
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
42

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 21,695
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Luke Torian advanced from the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 52.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Maria Martin advanced from the Republican primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 52.

Campaign finance

2019

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2019

General election

General election for Virginia House of Delegates District 52

Incumbent Luke Torian defeated Maria Martin in the general election for Virginia House of Delegates District 52 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Luke Torian
Luke Torian (D)
 
73.0
 
11,554
Image of Maria Martin
Maria Martin (R)
 
26.6
 
4,208
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
60

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 15,822
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 52

Incumbent Luke Torian defeated Kevin Wade in the Democratic primary for Virginia House of Delegates District 52 on June 11, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Luke Torian
Luke Torian
 
76.2
 
2,107
Image of Kevin Wade
Kevin Wade
 
23.7
 
654
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
3

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,764
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2017

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2017

General election

Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2017. All 100 house seats were up for election. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 13, 2017. The filing deadline for primary election candidates was March 30, 2017. The filing deadline for non-party candidates and candidates nominated by methods other than a primary was June 13, 2017.[1] Incumbent Luke Torian (D) ran unopposed in the Virginia House of Delegates District 52 general election.[2]

Virginia House of Delegates, District 52 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Luke Torian Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 14,830
Total Votes 14,830
Source: Virginia Department of Elections

Democratic primary election

Incumbent Luke Torian ran unopposed in the Virginia House of Delegates District 52 Democratic primary.[3]

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.
Virginia House of Delegates, District 52 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Luke Torian Incumbent

Republican primary election

No Republican candidate filed to run for this seat. [4]

Ballotpedia will publish vote totals here after they become available.
Virginia House of Delegates, District 52 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate

2015

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2015

Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2015. A primary election was held on June 9, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 26, 2015.[5] Incumbent Luke Torian was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7]

2013

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2013

Torian won re-election in the 2013 election for Virginia House of Delegates District 52. Torian ran unopposed in the June 11 Democratic primary. He was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 5, 2013.[8]

2011

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2011

On November 8, 2011, Torian won re-election to District 52 of the Virginia House of Delegates. He was uncontested in the August 23 primary and defeated Cleveland Anderson (R) in the November 8 general election.[9]

Virginia House of Delegates, District 52 General Election, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLuke Torian Incumbent 60.8% 5,156
     Republican Cleveland Anderson 39.2% 3,327
Total Votes 8,483

2009

See also: Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2009

In 2009, Torian was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. He defeated Rafael Lopez in the General Election.[10]

Virginia House of Delegates General Election, District 52 (2009)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Luke Torian (D) 8,267
Rafael Lopez (R) 7,616

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2023

Luke Torian did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Luke Torian did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Luke Torian did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Luke Torian campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023Virginia House of Delegates District 24Won general$897,295 $1,069,925
2021Virginia House of Delegates District 52Won general$1,174,344 $958,575
2019Virginia House of Delegates District 52Won general$405,427 N/A**
2017Virginia House of Delegates District 52Won general$112,214 N/A**
Grand total$2,589,279 $2,028,500
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Torian and his wife, Clarice, have one child.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Candidacy Requirements for the November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed March 21, 2017
    2. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 November General Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
    3. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 June Democratic Primary," accessed July 6, 2017
    4. ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 June Republican Primary," accessed July 6, 2017
    5. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "2015 November Election Calendar," accessed January 2, 2015
    6. ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, "2015 Primary election results," accessed September 1, 2015
    7. ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, "2015 General election candidates," accessed September 1, 2015
    8. ↑ Virginia Board of Elections, “Official Results - 2013 General Election," accessed December 2, 2013
    9. ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "November 2011 General Election Official Results," accessed May 15, 2014
    10. ↑ Follow the Money, "Virginia House of Delegates 2009 General Election Results," accessed May 15, 2014

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Ellen Campbell (R)     		Virginia House of Delegates District 24
    2024-Present    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		Virginia House of Delegates District 52
    2010-2024    		 Succeeded by
    Wendell Walker (R)


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