Wallace sought the United States presidency in 1968 as a candidate of the American Independent Party, running on antidesegregation issues, respect for law and order, and freedom from excessive federal control. ...The same year Mitt Romney’s Dad was supporting Martin Luther King.
Which has nothing to do with his later born again status. He didn't become born again for political gain but to regain his own soul. He was not running for any office when he was reborn.