The Colorado Sun23%
Victor Marx selects fellow Marine veteran as running mate in Colorado governor’s race 4%
By Jesse Paul16%
7/31/2026, 7:26:59 AM
Topics: Colorado Gubernatorial Race, US Politics
Keywords: Election, Colorado, Colorado Politics, George Markert, John Hickenlooper, Politics, Victor Marx
BS Summary: This article contains 4 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Halo Effect, with In-Group Bias as the most egregious example at 17.3% saturation with 30 hits. Analysis detected 75 faulty-reasoning hits from 173 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 12.7% and a BS Rank of 4% (24,593 of 25,471 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 96.60% of the article peer group.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Marx on Friday announced fellow Marine veteran George Markert as his running mate.
Markert, a retired Marine colonel, originally ran for U.S.
Senate this year but failed to make the primary ballot.
The Broomfield resident moved to Colorado about three years ago as he settled his family after leaving the military.
“It’s an opportunity to serve,” Markert said on 710 KNUS, a conservative talk radio station where Marx announced the pick Friday morning.
“It’s an opportunity to step up and lead.”
Marx said he picked Markert because of his ability to get things done.
“You have to have a governor and a lieutenant governor who have a backbone,” he said.
Friday was the deadline by which Marx had to announce his running mate, who will become lieutenant governor if Marx is elected to lead the state.
Marx and Markert face the Democratic team of Attorney General Phil Weiser and Jefferson County Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper in November.
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