Walter Dalton received $1.5 million in contributions by the end of June.

The Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor received $255,305 in contributions during the second quarter of the year, according to his most recent campaign finance report.

Major donors included Crandall Bowles, Greensboro executive Joseph Bryan Jr., Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, Franklin Street Partners executive Robert Eubanks, Capstrat CEO Ken Eudy and developer Mack Pearsall. 

He also received contributions from political action committees such as the Bank of America PAC, the Baxter Healthcare PAC, the N.C. Home Builders Association, DominionPAC, the N.C. Restaurant Association, the N.C. Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Wal-Mart's PAC and the N.C. Trucking Association.

He also spent $637,602 in the second quarter, leaving him with $177,357 in cash on hand.

State Sen. Walter Dalton has a fundraiser tonight in Asheville.

The Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor is holding the event at the home of David and Leigh Young. He is a four-term Buncombe County commissioner, former congressional candidate, and a member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, Rob Christensen reports.

Sponsors of the event, which costs between $250 and $2,000 per person, include Wayne McDevitt, a former state Democratic chairman and top aide to Gov. Jim Hunt; long-time Democratic activist Bruce Elmore, Rep. Bruch Goforth, state Sen. Martin Nesbitt, Sam Neill, a former UNC board member, Mack Pearsall, a civic activist; Helen Powers, a former Revenue Secretary under GOP Gov. Jim Martin, and Alan Thornburg, a former N.C. Court of Appeals judge.