Robert Pittenger received $1.9 million in contributions by the end of June.

The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor raised $435,102 in the second quarter of 2008, according to his most recent campaign finance report.

Major donors included real estate developer Justus Ammons, Carolina Panthers coach John Fox and Carolina Mills chairman George Moretz.

He also received money from political action committees such as Carolina Conservatives, the Kerr Drug PAC, Wal-Mart's Wal-PAC, the Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Association PAC and the Wilmington Anesthesiologists PAC.

His campaign still owes a $500,000 loan from his wife, Suzanne.

He spent $450,216 in the second quarter, leaving him with $316,190 in cash on hand.

Update: Pittenger also gave his own campaign $150,000 in the second quarter. 

Beverly Perdue has received $47,500 from political action committees in the health-care industry.

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate, who worked as a hospital consultant, received money from 22 health-care PACS in the current election cycle, according to campaign finance reports.

The donors include pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca International, Roche Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline and Eli Lilly & Co.; Caremark, which handles drug management programs; and pharmacists, Kerr Drug and the PILL PAC, which represents pharmacists.

She also received money from industry groups: The Nurse Practitioners PAC, the N.C. Association of Nurse Anesthetists, the N.C. Assisted Living Association, the Association for Home & Hospice Care of N.C., the N.C. Hospital Association, and the N.C. Association of Long-Term Care Facilities.

In addition, she received money from specific medical groups: Anesthesiologists of the Triad, Western Radiologists and Surgeons in Asheville, Piedmont Triad Anesthesia, Asheville Anesthesia Associates, Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants in Charlotte, the Mountain Neurological Center in Asheville, Blue Ridge Bone & Joint and Western Carolina OB/GYN.

The money made up more than a fourth of Perdue's PAC contributions. 

Walter Dalton received $88,750 from political action committees in 2007.

According to his mid-year and end-of-year campaign finance reports, the candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor received money from 53 different PACs.

The top donors, who gave $4,000 each: Bank of America, Wachovia Bank, Progress Energy, R.J. Reynolds, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Duke Energy.

Blue Cross Blue Shield gave $3,500 and the Dominion energy company gave $3,000.

Dalton also received $2,000 donations from the N.C. Farm Bureau Federation, the N.C. Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association, the N.C. Automobile Dealers Association, Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

Other notable PAC donations came from Kerr Drug, Coca-Cola and Pepsi, the Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association and Time-Warner Cable.

Note: This list does not include money from other political campaigns.