Who is Victor Marx?

 

Victor Marx

(Image source: https://ballotpedia.org/Victor_Marx)

I was at an event where this guy was speaking this morning about his candidacy for Governor of Colorado on the Republic ticket this fall.  I find him very mysterious.  I don't really like his speaking style and instead of really listening, I was reading various internet articles about him.   This is what I have read, and some of this I may be misremembering, so all of these points need fact-checked.  I am not trying to defame him and I may end up voting for him. 

Fact check these points:

• He is the pastor of a Calvary Church in Colorado Springs.
• He has changed his name since birth.  (The ballotpedia image is labeled Vaughn Marx although that may be a typo).
• He is a former Marine, but only served for two years when he was honorably discharged.
• He has lead vigilante commando raids in Thailand or Cambodia to rescue sex trafficking victims.
• A guy name Corby Hall, who is a small time gun manufacturer, used to see him as a mentor but they have had a falling out.  Victor Marx claims that Corby is mentally unbalanced and that Corby has threatened to kill him.  Corby has admitted to drug use in the past and to formerly being suicidal.
• Candace Owens interviewed Corby Hall about Victor Marx.  She also offered to interview Victor Marx but he declined.
• Corby Hall claimed that Victor Marx did a quasi-exorcism of him which he called a "Retooling Prayer".  In this prayer Victor said that were 3 demons "attached" to Corby (which is different from "possession"), and he ordered angels to rip the arms off of the demons.  Candace Owens speculated that Victor put Corby into a hypnotic trance to question him about his secret fears and traumas.
• Corby Hall claimed that at one point Victor wanted to buy his gun manufacturing company which Corby thought was worth $20 million, but Victor only would pay $2 million for a 51% share and Victor was coercing him and even threatened to punch him.
• Victor Marx bought a rifle from Corby Hall which he was going to use to assassinate Jimmy Barbeque, the warlord who runs Haiti, but instead he interviewed Jimmy Barbeque and prayed over him by laying hands on him and asked God to bless Jimmy and fill him with the Holy Spirit.  Since then Jimmy Barbeque has made sure that an orphanage in Haiti has been protected from criminals.
• Victor Marx wanted to buy 50,000 guns from Corby Hall to send to the IDF (Israel Defense Forces).
• Victor Marx was good friends with Charlie Kirk at one point but they had a falling out.
• On September 10, 2025, just minutes after Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah, there was an attempted assassination in Colorado. (Unclear on details).
• Soon after Charlie Kirk's death, Victor posted condolences to Erica Kirk on X (or other social media), the first person to do so.
• The day after Charlie Kirk's death, Victor visited Erica Kirk in her house.  There were pictures of this meeting and posted on Instagram.
• Victor Marx was supposed to participate in a debate at Colorado Christian University on May 19, but he dropped out because he said that Michael "Brownie" Brown (formerly head of FEMA in 2006) was biased against him.
• Some high profile megachurch pastors in Colorado have endorsed him, namely Jim Burgen of Flatirons Community Church and Jeff Swartzentraub of Brave Church.

Like I said, these are all unproven allegations that need researched.

Despite all that, I am unclear on what Victor Marx actually stands for. He has a website at Victor2026.com.  He likes guns and cops and doesn't like criminals.  And he wants to cut government waste.