Tight GOP primary took over a week to call
Marine Corps veteran Victor Marx won the Republican primary for Colorado governor on Thursday, inching past state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, his stiffest competition, in the June 30 election. Too many votes remained outstanding after election night to call the tight race, but most counties, including the largest ones, have now reported their final results.
In a video posted to social media Thursday, Marx thanked his supporters and invited those who had not voted for him to join his coalition.
“If you’re frustrated, skeptical, or wondering if anything can actually change,” he said, “I just proved it by winning the primary.”
Marx founded All Things Possible Ministries and has said he “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 save a group of kidnapped girls.
He has also said his abusive stepfather effectively forced Marx, at 7 years old, to kill a man. Marx is described as a “high risk humanitarian” and the fastest gun disarmer in the world.