Delegate Luke Torian was first elected to represent the 52nd district in the Virginia House of Delegates in 2009. He serves a constituency of approximately 80,000 Virginians in Prince William County.

Delegate Torian is a member of the House Appropriations Committee and served as its Chair from 2020-2022. He also serves on the General Laws Committees and the ABC/Gaming Subcommittee in the House of Delegates. He has been a Minister for over 35 years and has served as Pastor of First Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dumfries since 1995. Delegate Torian lives in Woodbridge with his wife, Clarice. They are the proud parents of their daughter, Constance.

Delegate Torian chairs Virginia’s Minority Business Commission and is currently Vice Chair of the Major Employment and Investment Project Approval Commission. He is a member of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board, the Commission on Employee Retirement Security and Pension Reform, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Revenue Estimates, and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Board of Trustees.

Since being elected to the General Assembly, Delegate Torian has successfully passed over 40 bills and resolutions including legislation improving education, housing, and criminal justice policies, ending surprise medical “balance billing,” promoting security in retirement, and benefitting the lives of veterans and their dependents and those living in assisted living facilities.

Delegate Torian is a community leader in Prince William County. He has played a role in organizations including the Dumfries Creative and Performing Arts Center, Project Mend-A-House, the Boys and Girls Clubs, and Action in Community Through Service (ACTS), an organization designed to alleviate hunger, homelessness, and domestic violence in the community. He is a founder of Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement (VOICE), an organization dedicated to bringing people together to make positive change. Delegate Torian also supports the many outreach ministries of First Mount Zion Baptist Church, such as SHARE – a program providing reduced cost groceries and meals to community families – the Mary Elizabeth Ministry which serves teen parents, and the Juvenile Detention Ministry.

Delegate Torian earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Winston-Salem State University. He continued his education by pursuing graduate studies at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and then earning a Master of Divinity from the School of Theology at Virginia Union University. In 1987, Delegate Torian earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Howard University School of Divinity.

The Virginia Education Association has honored Delegate Torian with their Solid as a Rock Award five times since 2011. The Virginia Governmental Employees Association (VGEA) recognized Delegate Torian as their 2020 Legislator of the Year. Delegate Torian was awarded the 2019 Legislator of the Year Award by the Military Officers Association of America Virginia Council of Chapters. In 2019, Delegate Torian was also named an Achievement Week Speaker and granted the Founders’ Lifetime Achievement Award by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Pi Lambda Lambda Chapter.

Other honors Delegate Torian has received include:

• Three Citizen of the Year Awards and a Man of the Year Award from Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
• 2002 James Floyd Jenkins Pillar of Faith Award from Howard University
• 2010 26th Annual Achievement Award from the Dale City Christian Church Multicultural Scholarship Fund
• 2012 Economic Competitiveness Award from the Virginia Chamber of Commerce
• 2013 Special Service Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women PWC Chapter
• 2015 Human Rights Award from the Prince William County Human Rights Commission
• 2018 Super Saver Award from the AARP
• 2018 HosPAC Champion by the Virginia Hospital Association PAC
• 2018 Catalyst for Change Award from the Arc of Virginia
• 2018 Political Leadership Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women PWC Chapter
• 2019 Free Enterprise Award in Fiscal Stewardship by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce
• 2020 Blueprint Virginia 2025 Business Advocate Award from the Virginia Chamber of Commerce
• 2021 Legislator of the Year Award from the Treasurers’ Association of Virginia

Delegate Torian is proud to continue serving the Commonwealth of Virginia and the people of the 52nd district with proven values and proven leadership.