Ricky Wright hosted a fundraiser two years ago for Beverly Perdue.

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate's campaign confirmed Tuesday that Wright hosted the fundraiser at his Wake Forest home in early 2006. She attended the event, said spokesman David Kochman.

Wright was one of two people named in federal court last week as investors in Agri-Ethanol Products, a company that has tried to build a plant in Aurora. A former state official said he made a deal with Agri-Ethanol in which he would help with the environmental permitting process in exchange for $100,000 cash and a consulting contract worth almost $100,000, David Ingram reports.

Wright and the other investor, Barry Lee Green, have not been accused of wrongdoing. Still, Perdue's campaign said it returned contributions from the two men last week following the disclosures in court.

Kochman said the campaign does not have an exact amount raised by the 2006 event, and the campaign would not give the exact date. Kochman said the campaign intends to keep the money.

"There were quite a few people who worked on the event and hosted it," he said, "so there's no way of knowing who would have raised which money."

The N.C. Republican Party wants to see what public records exist that might link Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue to two campaign contributors involved in a corruption scandal.

Party officials said today they're filing a request for public records from Perdue's office. Among other things, they're looking for communication between the office and four individuals, including Barry Lee Green and Ricky Wright, David Ingram reports.

The two campaign contributors were investors in an ethanol company that is at the center of a bribery scheme. Boyce Allen Hudson, a former state official, has said he made a deal with the ethanol company in which he would help with the environmental permitting process in exchange for $100,000 cash and a consulting contract worth almost $100,000.

Hudson was sentenced last week to three years in federal prison. Republicans said they want records related to him, too.

Perdue is the Democratic nominee for N.C. governor. Last week, her campaign returned two contributions from Green and Wright.

Green and Wright have not been accused of wrongdoing.