Victor Marx, self-proclaimed ‘high-risk missionary’, wins Republican primary for Colorado governor – as it happened

The Associated Press reports that Victor Marx, a marines veteran and self-described “high-risk missionary”, whose extraordinary claims about his past have been disputed and mocked, has won the Republican primary for Colorado governor. Marx narrowly defeated state senator Barbara Kirkmeyer by just fewer than 2,500 votes and will face the Democratic nominee, state attorney general Phil Weiser, who is sure to focus on the unsubstantiated claims made by the Republican. Marx, a pastor who runs a non-profit that focused on “hunting predators as well as rescuing, restoring and empowering women and children who have been held captive by traffickers and other abusers”, refused to provide evidence during the campaign for his boasts about the group’s work overseas, or for his claim that, when he was seven years old, his abusive stepfather forced him to kill a man. Marx refused to say during the campaign how many people he has killed and pledged to continue performing exorcisms, in person and by phone, if elected governor. He also has a sideline in viral videos of himself rapidly disarming people with guns pointed at his head. “From the little we know about Victor Marx, his views a