According to the Associated Press, campaign reports released Tuesday show Long Thompson raised almost as much as Daniels in the most-recent reporting period, taking in about $1.6 million from April 1 through June 30. Daniels raised about $1.82 million.

But Daniels began the reporting period with nearly $5.3 million, compared with just $484,000 for Long Thompson. And despite prepaying for television commercials through August, Daniels reported having more than $2.8 million cash on hand. Long Thompson had about $1 million left.

“Our cash on hand is very competitive but more significantly, the polls have us running neck and neck,” Long Thompson said.

Daniels has been running TV ads nonstop since before the May primary, even though he didn’t have a Republican opponent. Long Thompson won a close primary contest over Schellinger for the Democratic nomination.

Long Thompson also gave her opinions on other issues including the time zone and Daylight Saving Time. She favors a statewide referendum on both issues. She is in support of I-69, but criticized today’s invitation-only groundbreaking ceremony in Evansville.

“I think its another example of Gov. Daniels’ exclusivity rather than inclusiveness,” Long Thompson said. “On any public decision, there are going to be people who agree and people who disagree but cutting people out is not the right approach to governance.”

The Associated Press contributed to this story.