Political committees, including PACs gave the candidates for governor $468,000.

The largest share of contributions to both candidates came from individual donors.

Democratic Party committees gave Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue $1.1 million in the last three months. That represents 25 percent of her contributions in the recent quarter. Other political committees such as other campaigns or political action committees gave her $297,151, or 6 percent of her donations. Those committees, unlike political parties, are limited to a maximum of $4,000 per election cycle. Individual contributors gave 69 percent of the money she received.

The rest came from interest or refunds.

Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory received $311,401 from Republican Party committees. That represents 10 percent of the money he reported raising. He received 84 percent — $2.6 million from individual contributors and 6 percent, or $311,401 from political committees.

The rest came from refunds or interest.

McCrory got a $4,000 donation from a Coca-Cola political action committee. Perdue got $4,00 from a Pepsi committee.

More PACs that gave $4,000 after the jump.

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Beverly Perdue received $7.5 million in donations by mid-April of 2008.

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate raised $1.7 million from donors in the first quarter of 2008, according to a report filed with the State Board of Elections.

Major donors included Shelby publisher Douglas Brown, former Disney executive Michael Eisner and Golden Corral CEO Theodore Fowler Jr.

She also raised $49,700 from political action committees, including Abbott Laboratories Employee PAC, the Asheville Anesthesia Associates PAC, the Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina and the Communications Workers of America.

In addition, she loaned her campaign $500,000. Her campaign still owes $275,000 in loans from her husband Robert Eaves Jr. from a previous election.

In the first quarter of the year, Perdue spent $5.9 million on TV ads, polling, office expenses and consulting, leaving her with $938,400 in cash on hand at the end of the reporting period.

David Young raised $449,038 by the end of 2007.

The Democratic candidate for state treasurer raised $435,246 from large donors, including developer William Allen, Home Trust Bank CEO Edward Broadwell and retired oilman Walter Davis, according to a campaign finance report filed with the State Board of Elections today.

He also raised $384 from donors who gave less than $50, and $13,408 from political action committees, including the BB&T PAC, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the Asheville Anesthesia Associates PAC.

At the same time, Young spent $20,483 on office expenses and consulting.

That left him with $420,058 in cash on hand.

Update: The contributions include $110,000 Young gave his campaign as a donation—not a loan—and $3,158 transferred from his county commissioner campaign.