Politics
Republican Nominee for Colorado Governor Once Declared He ‘Met Satan in Person’ and Isn’t ‘Joking’
Victor Marx, the Republican nominee for Colorado governor in the 2026 election, has met the devil — or so he says.
The Christian ministry leader, who will face off against Democratic nominee Phil Weiser, is making headlines for an old podcast audio clip that began making the rounds earlier this week as the Colorado gubernatorial election approaches.
In a 2020 podcast episode titled Victory in Spiritual Warfare, Part 2, Marx can be heard telling a live audience, “Hey, I’ve met the devil. I’ve met Satan in person, through a person, and guess what? He’s a bully and a coward.”
Marx, 61, explained that he was praying at the largest youth prison in Texas when a girl “started manifesting a demon.”
“I was nervous,” he admitted. “I’ve never really dealt with something that intense, right?”
“If you think I’m joking, I’m not,” he assured the crowd.
Seemingly trying to exorcise the so-called demon, Marx asked for its name, to which the allegedly possessed individual replied, “I am Satan.”
The girl, who was 15 at the time of the encounter, was 22 when Marx was recalling the story. He said that she eventually got “delivered,” and they were victorious over Satan.
In an interview with NBC affiliate 9News that aired earlier this year, Marx appeared to deflect when he was asked about performing exorcisms and “commanding demons to come out of people.”
“Can you explain to me how that works?” Marx was asked, to which he replied: “When you say I perform exorcisms…”
“You described yourself as a reluctant exorcist, right?” the reporter asked.
“Well, that’s a joke, the way I say that,” Marx replied. “But as a follower of Christ and someone who’s very familiar with evil that’s been both forced upon me as a kid and then seeing the effects of it in humans’ lives, I believe the word of God that I can pray for people and see people set free.”
“I never call it possession,” he said. “I believe there’s levels of demonization, where people are suffering because of evil.”
On Marx’s Instagram, he has reposted the headlines saying that he’s met Satan.
