A Charlotte strip club owner has given to Pat McCrory before.

Sammy Tillman, owner of the Paper Doll Lounge (NSFW), has given a total of $2,200 to the Republican gubernatorial nominee's campaigns for local office in the past 15 years.

The donations were all between $200 and $400, beginning in July of 1993 when McCrory ran for a third term on the Charlotte City Council, according to campaign finance reports.

That year, Tillman gave a total of $600. In 1995, he gave McCrory's mayoral bid a total of $700. In 1999, he contributed $400 to his re-election bids; in 2001, $250; and in 2003, another $250.

As noted previously, Tillman also gave $200 to McCrory's gubernatorial campaign this year.

Campaign Manager Richard Hudson said that he was not aware of the earlier donations.

The campaign declined to comment further.

Pat McCrory is doing well by his former employer.

The Republican gubernatorial nominee has raised $74,015 from executives and employees of Duke Energy so far this campaign season — roughly 3 percent of his total contributions.

Top donors include President Ellen Ruff and executives David Hauser, Keith Trent and James Turner, who have given $8,000; Cincinnati-based executive Marc Manly and Charlotte executive Christopher Rolfe, who gave $6,000; and vice presidents J. Kinney and Joseph Harwood, who gave $4,000.

Ruff was also one of the headliners at McCrory's first major fundraiser in February.

In all, McCrory has received donations from 30 different Duke employees, including residents of Raleigh, Charlotte, Concord and Davidson, as well as some from Alexandria, Va.; Lake Wylie, S.C.; and Washington, D.C.

Not all are executives. Peter Loper of Charlotte, who gave $1,000, lists his occupation as physician, while William Patterson of Charlotte, who gave $565, is listed as an employee. Duke's lobbyist, Brian Vanderbloemen, and chief communications officer, Cathy Roche, are also among the donors.

In addition, McCrory received $4,000 from the Duke Energy PAC.

He resigned from the electric utility, where he had worked since 1978, after announcing his campaign for governor in mid-January.