Marine Corps veteran Victor Marx scored a major victory in the GOP primary race for the governorship of Colorado, bypassing a state senator who was fully supported by the establishment wing of the Republican Party. Marx, who is described as being a “high-risk humanitarian” and the fastest gun disarmer on the planet, beat Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer in the June 30 election.
The race was too tight to call at the time with many votes still needing to be counted, but the majority of counties, including the largest ones, have now turned in their final results. Marx posted a video on his social media accounts on July 9 thanking his supporters and inviting those who did not cast a ballot for him to come aboard his movement.
“If you’re frustrated, skeptical, or wondering if anything can actually change,” he stated in the video, “I just proved it by winning the primary.” Marx, a deeply devout Christian, is the founder of All Things Possible Ministries, and has “led more than 150 high-stakes missions across some of the world’s most dangerous regions.” According to his campaign website, that includes a mission into “ISIS territory” to rescue a group of kidnapped girls.
According to a report from FOX 4, he also stated that when he was just 7 years old, his abusive stepfather forced him to kill a man. The defeated Kirkmeyer also issued a statement thanking her supporters and volunteers, signing off by stating, “I’m still proud of the campaign we ran … and, for the record, I still haven’t killed anyone.”
A third candidate involved in the race, state Rep. Scott Bottoms, came in behind both Marx and Kirkmeyer. Marx will now face-off against Democrat Phil Weiser, Colorado’s attorney general, in the November general election, though the state has proven difficult for GOP candidates in the past. A Republican hasn’t sat in the governor’s seat in Colorado in over 20 years.
The state also voted largely in favor of former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election by more than 10 points over Donald Trump. Marx started gaining nationwide attention after participating in what would turn out to be a rather controversial interview, according to NBC News. During that interview, Marx brought up the incident with his stepfather and said he may have killed other people.
“I’ve been in other situations where, possibly, people or persons died as a result of me defending myself in other countries,” he stated during the interview. The reporter then asked the gubernatorial candidate, “Do you think that you’ve killed people as an adult?” Marx replied, “Does it matter?” It’s likely that Marx was referring to his time serving the country in the military.
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Marx’s general election opponent, Attorney General Phil Weiser, has served two consecutive terms in his current position and previously worked as the dean for the University of Colorado Law School. Weiser beat Sen. Michael Bennet in the Democratic Party primary, running an extremely anti-Trump and anti-establishment campaign.
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