# Luke Torian

Luke Torian is a Democratic member of the Virginia House for district 24.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Virginia House, district 24
- Serving since: 2024-01-10
- Current term: VA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/44ebbeab-055c-402b-a56e-bb7487d0da62

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/44ebbeab-055c-402b-a56e-bb7487d0da62 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Torian reported $600.6K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## What Torian says (VA 2025–26 session)

43 classified statements: 43 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Torian | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 39.5% | 39.2% | 391 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.3% | 2.9% | 331 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 39.5% | 14.4% | 27 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Labor and Employment 24% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 18% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Economics and Public Finance 18% (State House Democrats 11%); Education 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 12% (State House Democrats 4.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.71 (standard error 0.03), from 232 donors and 1,167 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (VA 2025–26 session)

3,859 roll calls. Attendance 98.4% (Virginia House 98.2%). Party unity 99.0% (96.5%). 18 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (VA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 93. 94.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Virginia House 84.4%; rank 14 of 98).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 2052: House of Delegates; salaries, contingent and incidental expenses. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026S1/HR2052/
- HJ 283: Commending Sergeant Dianne M. Dowdy. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ283/
- HB 1531: Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund; established. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1531/
- HB 1530: Transformer Manufacturing Expansion Grant Fund; established. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1530/
- HJ 115: Commending Gustavo Torres. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HJ115/
- HB 1384: Constitutional amendment; gen. approp. act, reapportionment, redistricting congressional districts. (became law, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB1384/
- HR 7: House of Delegates; salaries, contingent and incidental expenses. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HR7/
- HB 799: Power Transformer Manufacturing Grant Fund; created. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB799/
- HB 800: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Manufacturing Grant Fund; established. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB800/
- HB 176: State-facilitated IRA savings program; various changes to the program. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/va/bills/2026/HB176/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $600.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 85% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/DelegateTorian/status/2006745949134274865
- 2025-12-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/DelegateTorian/status/2004667185470570967
- 2025-12-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/DelegateTorian/status/2004192094068605421
- 2025-12-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/DelegateTorian/status/2003231852988158448
- 2025-12-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/DelegateTorian/status/2002179174946222168
- 2025-12-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/DelegateTorian/status/2002179178699903424
- 2025-12-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://x.com/DelegateTorian/status/2000628595396653255
- 2025-12-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/DelegateTorian/status/1999177645662032092
- 2025-11-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/DelegateTorian/status/1994091411571134661
- 2025-11-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://x.com/DelegateTorian/status/1989334800533008682

## Links

- Official site: https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0227
- Campaign site: https://delegatetorian.com/about-luke/
- X: https://x.com/DelegateTorian
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luke.torian
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delegateluketorian/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@luketorian4263/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torian-luke-24619340/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/44ebbeab-055c-402b-a56e-bb7487d0da62