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 During the single term of Governor Beasley, South Carolina had a record-low unemployment rate of 3.5 percent in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713071209/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SCUR|title=South Carolina Unemployment Rate|publisher=FRED Economic Research|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
-Beasley emphasized his belief in [[Jesus Christ]] and<ref name="Key Races of 1998">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816092638/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/stories/sc093098.htm|publisher''[[The Washington Post]]''|title=S. Carolina Incumbent in Unexpected Tussle|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> opposed [[gambling]], which was legal in South Carolina until 2000, with video poker casinos established in convenience stores and gasoline stations, a phenomenon described by Beasley as "the crack cocaine of gambling." Because Beasley supported legislation that would outlaw gambling, the video poker industry responded with "Ban Beasley" [[radio]] advertising and billboards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140718/https://apnews.com/381e63a1a51410ee169c115471b27e67|title=Louisiana Shuts Down Video Poker|date=July 1, 1999|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
+Beasley emphasized his belief in [[Jesus Christ]]<ref name="Key Races of 1998">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816092638/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/stories/sc093098.htm|publisher''[[The Washington Post]]''|title=S. Carolina Incumbent in Unexpected Tussle|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> and opposed [[gambling]], which was legal in South Carolina until 2000, with video poker casinos established in convenience stores and gasoline stations, a phenomenon described by Beasley as "the crack cocaine of gambling." Because Beasley supported legislation that would outlaw gambling, the video poker industry responded with "Ban Beasley" [[radio]] advertising and billboards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140718/https://apnews.com/381e63a1a51410ee169c115471b27e67|title=Louisiana Shuts Down Video Poker|date=July 1, 1999|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
-From 1961 until 2000, the flag of the [[Confederate States of America]]  flew atop the South Carolina State House.
+From 1961 until 2000, the battle flag of the [[Confederate States of America]] flew atop the South Carolina State House. Initially, Beasley supported the practice, but in 1996, he reversed his position, and called for the flag to be relocated to a monument elsewhere on the grounds, costing him many Republican votes in his unsuccessful 1998 reelection bid. The Confederate flag was removed from the capitol dome in 2000, after Beasley left office. It was displayed on a pole in front of the statehouse until it was removed in 2015, at the prompting of Governor Nikki Haley after the Charleston church shooting.<ref name=palmetto>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725003418/https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/20-years-on-ex-sc-gov-beasley-s-prayer-on-flag-answered-confederate-battle-flag/article_4b1d3ee5-1362-5e02-9cef-30a891030b31.htmldate=July 10, 2015|title=20 years on, ex-SC gov Beasley's prayer on flag answered Confederate battle flag finds a new home among artifacts|author=Meg Kinnard|publisher=''Charleston Post and Courier''|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
 Beasley also faced allegations of having an affair with his former press secretary, Ginny Wolfe, but he disavowed the claim, saying, "I can tell you right now we [his wife the former Mary Wood Payne] have both been faithful to each other 100 percent."<ref name="Key Races of 1998"/>

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-'''David Muldrow Beasley''' (born February 26, 1957) is a former [[Governor]] of his native [[South Carolina]], with service for a single term from 1995 to 1999. He is a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]. In 2017, nearly two decades after his governorship ended, Beasley was named the executive director of the [[United Nations]] World Food Programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501201958/http://www1.wfp.org/executive-director|title=Executive Director|accessdate=October 2, 2021}}</ref> The appointment came through [[Nikki Haley]], then the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and herself a Republican former governor of South Carolina.
+'''David Muldrow Beasley''' (born February 26, 1957) is a former [[Governor]] of his native [[South Carolina]], with service for a single term from 1995 to 1999. He is a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]. In 2017, nearly two decades after his governorship ended, Beasley was named the executive director of the [[United Nations]] World Food Programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501201958/http://www1.wfp.org/executive-director|title=Executive Director|publisher=wfp.org|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref> The appointment came through [[Nikki Haley]], then the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and herself a Republican former governor of South Carolina.
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 In April 2005, Beasley established and incorporated the Center for Global Strategies, Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517103749/http://www.centerforglobalstrategies.org/cgs-board|title=Our Board|website=Center for Global Strategies|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
-In February 2017, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley nominated Beasley to be the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311195830/http://www.postandcourier.com/politics/nikki-haley-nominates-former-south-carolina-gov-david-beasley-for/article_dedc81ee-fdd4-11e6-a80b-2f0ab73f2f31.html|title=Nikki Haley nominates former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley for U.N. food post|publisher=''The Charleston Post and Courier''|date=February 28, 2017|author=Schuyler Kropf|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref>He was chosen for the position the next month over twenty-two other applicants who had been nominated. Beasley's selection was based on his "extensive experience with key governmental and business leaders and stakeholders around the world, with very strong resource mobilization skills."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503214111/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=56459#.WQCG6WmGN1M|title=David Beasley of United States appointed as head of UN emergency food agency|publisher=UN News Centre|date=March 29, 2017|accessdate=June 28, 2017}}</ref>As the WFP director, Beasley also serves as the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117193125/https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/senior-management-group|title=Senior Management Group|publisher=United Nations|date=November 17, 2018|accessdate=October 4, 2021}}</ref>
+In February 2017, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley nominated Beasley to be the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311195830/http://www.postandcourier.com/politics/nikki-haley-nominates-former-south-carolina-gov-david-beasley-for/article_dedc81ee-fdd4-11e6-a80b-2f0ab73f2f31.html|title=Nikki Haley nominates former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley for U.N. food post|publisher=''The Charleston Post and Courier''|date=February 28, 2017|author=Schuyler Kropf|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref>He was chosen for the position the next month over twenty-two other applicants who had been nominated. Beasley's selection was based on his "extensive experience with key governmental and business leaders and stakeholders around the world, with very strong resource mobilization skills."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503214111/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=56459#.WQCG6WmGN1M|title=David Beasley of United States appointed as head of UN emergency food agency|publisher=UN News Centre|date=March 29, 2017|accessdate=June 28, 2017}}</ref>As the WFP director, Beasley also serves as the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117193125/https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/senior-management-group|title=Senior Management Group|publisher=United Nations|date=November 17, 2018|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
 In December 2020, Beasley accepted the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] on behalf of the WFP for its efforts in the fight against  hunger.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/law/about/news/2021/a_nobel_career_path.php|title=A Nobel career path|date=February 10, 2021|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref>

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 In the 1994 South Carolina gubernatorial election, both Beasley and his Democratic opponent, Lieutenant Governor Nick Andrew Theodore (born 1928) faced tough [[primary]] opposition within their respective parties. Beasley defeated former [[U.S. Representative]] and state Senator Arthur Ravenel, Jr. (born 1927) in both the primary and run-off, and went on to win, narrowly, the  [[general election]], 470,756 votes (50.4 percent) to Theodore's 447,002 (47.9 percent).<ref name=sciway/>
-During the single term of Governor Beasley, South Carolina had a record-low unemployment rate of 3.5 percent in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713071209/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SCUR|title-South Carolina Unemployment Rate|publisher=FRED Economic Research|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
+During the single term of Governor Beasley, South Carolina had a record-low unemployment rate of 3.5 percent in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713071209/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SCUR|title=South Carolina Unemployment Rate|publisher=FRED Economic Research|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref>
 Beasley emphasized his belief in [[Jesus Christ]] and<ref name="Key Races of 1998">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816092638/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/stories/sc093098.htm|publisher''[[The Washington Post]]''|title=S. Carolina Incumbent in Unexpected Tussle|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> opposed [[gambling]], which was legal in South Carolina until 2000, with video poker casinos established in convenience stores and gasoline stations, a phenomenon described by Beasley as "the crack cocaine of gambling." Because Beasley supported legislation that would outlaw gambling, the video poker industry responded with "Ban Beasley" [[radio]] advertising and billboards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140718/https://apnews.com/381e63a1a51410ee169c115471b27e67|title=Louisiana Shuts Down Video Poker|date=July 1, 1999|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref>