INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The state's major political parties and the gubernatorial campaigns of Gov. Mitch Daniels and Democratic nominee Jill Long Thompson are sparring over some major contributions, with a top Democrat accusing Republicans of being hypocritical.

Although second-quarter campaign figures released last week continued to show Daniels with a big cash advantage over Long Thompson, they showed her raising nearly as much — about $1.6 million compared to $1.8 million for Daniels — April 1 through June 30.

About half the money Long Thompson raised came from two Washington-based political action committees. That raised eyebrows from state GOP Chairman Murray Clark and Daniels campaign spokesman Cam Savage, who questioned such reliance on out-of-state special interest groups.

But on Tuesday, Daniels reported receiving $725,000 in a single donation from the Republican Governors Association based in Washington. State Democratic Chairman Dan Parker then issued a statement saying the donation was notable because of "hypocritical statements by Indiana Republican leaders regarding out-of-state organizations."

"Obviously the Mitch Daniels' campaign lives in a glass house and shouldn't be throwing stones," Parker said Wednesday. "They can't attack her campaign for accepting contributions from working people (represented by the PACs) in a negative light and turn around and accept it from a special group."

Daniels has outspent Long Thompson heavily so far this year — about $7.3 million to $1.5 million. He began the year with a huge money advantage and has been running television commercials nonstop since before the May 6 primary even though he did not face an opponent for the Republican nomination.

Daniels reported having more than $2.8 million cash on hand as of June 30, even though the campaign says it had prepaid for TV ads through August. Long Thompson had about $1 million left.

Emily's List, an organization that tries to get Democratic women who support abortion rights elected, gave $200,000 to Long Thompson in the second quarter. Its total for the year is $400,000.

The Service Employees International Union, which represents people working in health care, property services and government, gave Long Thompson $600,000 in the second quarter, and since July 1 has given $25,000 more. It also gave her $100,000 earlier in the year.

Savage said that unlike the SEIU and Emily's List, the Republican Governors Association and Democratic Governors Association were not defined by narrow interests. He said he would expect each group to support the campaigns of their candidates for governor.

Long Thompson's latest campaign report showed her getting $75,000 from the Democratic Governors Association in the second quarter.

Savage said the $725,000 donation this week from the RGA was a low percentage of its fundraising total and showed that the organization was "not going to allow a couple of interest groups to come in and try to buy this election."

Long Thompson campaign spokesman Jeff Harris said the SEIU represented working people over corporate interests and Emily's List was backed by women with a certain viewpoint.

"There are a number of Hoosiers who are active in both their organizations," he said.