Toxic Ministry Leader Accused of Ignoring Abuse Endorses Republican Victor Marx

DENVER – Republican nominee for governor Victor Marx touted a new toxic endorsement from the far-right this week. Marx is now openly supported by Andrew Wommack – another right-wing, non-ordained ministry leader in Southern Colorado – who “preaches a fiery version of Christian nationalism” according to the Colorado Times Recorder, and has been credibly accused of ignoring sexual abuse at the evangelical Bible college he ran for 30 years. In 2024, Wommack said “a civil war would be ‘worth it’ if it brought Donald Trump back into power.” 

In a weekly campaign podcast last Thursday, Marx promoted a “special endorsement.” The endorsement was from none other than Wommack, leader of the right-wing evangelical Andrew Wommack Ministries and another “demon aficionado” (Colorado Newsline). On Sunday, Marx promoted Wommack’s endorsement again on social media, calling it a “major endorsement” for his campaign.

“Victor Marx is creating one headache after another for every Republican in Colorado,” said Colorado Democratic Party spokesperson Kailee Stiles. “The record speaks for itself: Marx’s erratic campaign will be defined more by his efforts to win the far-right and the definition of ‘exorcism’ than on doing what’s right for Coloradans.”

Wommack has been a toxic figure at the outskirts of right-wing Colorado politics for years, but Marx has brought him into the very center of the Republican ticket for 2026.

Wommack has made years-long efforts to enact a “theocratic takeover” on Woodland Park’s local school board and city council, even saying he intended to make the Teller County town a local theocracy. Wommack stepped down from running Charis Bible College, which he said had “more weapons than the local police department” shortly after a multi-part Colorado Times Recorder investigation unearthed years of sexual abuse at the school under Wommack’s leadership.  

Wommack’s endorsement marks a sharp bait-and-switch for Marx, after he spent most of August attempting to run away from years of bragging that he could save people from demonic possession. Marx tried to back away from demon-talk after swathes of critical media coverage, claiming repeatedly, “I don’t do exorcisms.” 

Unfortunately for Marx, a journalist recently discovered audio where Marx claimed he “fought Satan in person” at a juvenile detention facility in Texas, and it circulated among national media. Marx has long claimed this was an exorcism he performed on a young girl he met at that facility, alone in her cell.

9NEWS also reported that the paid exorcisms are "at the center of his $7.5 million per year ministry, All Things Possible, and can fairly be described as [Marx’s] life's work.”

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