In 2009, Sen. Kay Hagan recommended Dellinger and two other lawyers to President Barack Obama for consideration as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
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Before running for lieutenant governor, Dellinger held state government posts under Mike Easley when the latter served as North Carolina Attorney General and later as Governor.
Smathers came in third in the May 6, 2008 primary, behind winner Walter H. Dalton and runner-up Hampton Dellinger.
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