"Why do people outside of Indiana care whether we're in Indiana or not," Lawson said. "If people in Indiana are so concerned about why we aren't there, wouldn't they be contributing to his Aiming Higher fund?"

But Brian McGrath, executive director of Aiming Higher, said the fund isn't soliciting any donations actively right now and said most of the money that's come in this year was promised months ago during the 2010 campaign season.

"Any campaign has that same phenomenon where checks come in late, checks come in after the fact or people get on board late or want to reward what they think was a great result," McGrath said.

Since Nov. 3, the day after Election Day, through Friday, Aiming Higher has received $65,288.88, excluding refunds from Perkins Nichols and the Indiana Republican Party. Of that money, $52,673.04, or 81 percent, was donated by out-of-state individuals or businesses.

The political action committee raised more than $2 million and spent more than $1 million to support Republican candidates in 2010 with a goal of winning GOP control of the Indiana House. Republicans now hold 60 seats in the 100-member chamber, up from 48 before the election.