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==Gubernatorial race==
==Gubernatorial race==
In 1968, Bethea supported former Governor George Wallace for [[U.S. President]] in the three-way campaign against [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Richard M. Nixon]] and Democrat [[Hubert Humphrey]], the outgoing [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], who sought to succeed President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. Whereas Wallace returned to the Democratic Party to run against Albert Preston Brewer (1928-2017) for governor in 1970, Bethea became the standard-bearer of Wallace's former American Independent Party in his own run for governor against the Democrat John Carl West (1922-2004), the departing lieutenant governor, and the Republican choice, outgoing [[U.S. Representative]] Albert William Watson (1922-1994) of South Carolina's 2nd congressional district.
In 1968, Bethea supported former Governor George Wallace for [[U.S. President]] in the three-way campaign against [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Richard M. Nixon]] and Democrat [[Hubert Humphrey]], the outgoing [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], who sought to succeed President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. Whereas Wallace returned to the Democratic Party to run against Albert Preston Brewer (1928-2017) for governor in 1970, Bethea became the standard-bearer of Wallace's former American Independent Party in his own run for governor against the Democrat [[John C. West]], the departing lieutenant governor, and the Republican choice, outgoing [[U.S. Representative]] Albert William Watson (1922-1994) of South Carolina's 2nd congressional district.
Bethea claimed that Wallace was sympathetic to Bethea's campaign, but with his own race in Alabama Wallace took no part in the South Carolina campaign.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "The Changing Politics of Race: Congressman Albert William Watson and the South Carolina Republican Party, 1965-1970," ''South Carolina Historical Magazine'' Vol. 89 (October 1988), p. 233.</ref>
Bethea claimed that Wallace was sympathetic to Bethea's campaign, but with his own race in Alabama Wallace took no part in the South Carolina campaign.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "The Changing Politics of Race: Congressman Albert William Watson and the South Carolina Republican Party, 1965-1970," ''South Carolina Historical Magazine'' Vol. 89 (October 1988), p. 233.</ref>