Mike Kennealy, a Republican running for governor of Massachusetts, accused Brian Shortsleeve, another conservative gubernatorial candidate, of inflating his fundraising numbers in a pair of public announcements over the past two months.

Candidates regularly release public statements about their monthly fundraising that feature numbers different from what is found on the public campaign finance database maintained by the state. That is typically a result of delays by candidates’ banks in reporting data to regulators.

But in a statement to the Herald, Kennealy spokesperson Logan Trupiano said it is clear that the Shortsleeve campaign “double-counted” their fundraising numbers and “mispresented their haul by tens of thousands of dollars.”

“If Brian Shortsleeve can’t be honest with donors about how much he’s raising, how can anyone expect him to be honest with the voters?” Trupiano said.

In two press releases in June and July, Shortsleeve said he raised just over $416,000 in May and another $285,000-plus in June, which would bring his total campaign cash to more than $700,000.

But state records show the venture capitalist and former MBTA official raised $580,000 as of July 8 before accounting for fees charged by his fundraising platform. Holly Robichaud, Shortsleeve’s political strategist, previously said another $56,000 is “in transit” because of bank reporting delays.

In a statement Tuesday, Robichaud said all of the fundraising numbers the campaign has reported are “100% accurate and perfectly accounted for in all of our public disclosures.”

“(That is) unlike how Mike Kennealy wildly inflates his fundraising numbers with illegal contributions and illegal personal loans,” Robichaud said. “Being outraised by almost a two-to-one margin in half the time, Kennealy’s desperation of a failing campaign is showing again with his attack and his false press releases on how much he claims to have raised.”

In the press release advertising June fundraising numbers, Shortsleeve’s campaign said he has raised a total of just over $600,000 since he launched his campaign in mid-May.

Kennealy has loaned his campaign $600,000, or more than triple what is allowed under state law, a move that could result in future legal action if he or his family try to recoup the cash. His campaign also had to refund a series of April donations that were above the legal limit.

Both Republicans are far behind Healey in fundraising.

The first-term Democrat, who said she plans to run for reelection next year, has more than $3.6 million stashed in her campaign account after pulling in more than $557,000 in June, her best fundraising month since October 2022, according to state data.

Kennealy had $639,791 cash on hand at the end of June after raising $301,666 last month, including through $200,000 he loaned to his campaign, according to state data.

Shortsleeve had $442,864 in his campaign account at the end of last month after raising $235,888 in June, data from the Office of Campaign and Political Finance showed.