Indiana has been in a state of revolt for the last two decades. That electorate cast off the O’Bannon family and, more recently, they rejected a resurgence of the Bayh line, voting to keep a candidate with that name out of the U.S. Senate. And so, it would be tempting to write that the state is beginning to frown on the Pence brothers.

Greg Pence is running for the same congressional seat once held by his beloved younger brother, Vice President Mike Pence. Conventional political wisdom suggests the family name recognition should be enough to carry him to victory. But at first glance, the money seems to say otherwise.

A little-known local entrepreneur named Jonathan Lamb has out-fundraised the brother of the second most powerful politician in the U.S. And if money outweighed votes in ballot boxes, he’d win.

“The Elect Lamb campaign raised $515,212 in the fourth quarter and $582,638 since he launched his campaign for the GOP nomination in August. The Lamb campaign currently has $468,276 cash on hand in compared to the Pence campaign, which has $436,962 cash on hand,” an email from the campaign crooned.

Except there is a problem and it looks like a big one. As Chris Deaton of the Weekly Standard pointed out, the money isn’t indicative of a groundswell of support. Most of the cash comes from a personal loan.

So basically, more than 90 percent of the money Lamb raised came from himself.

No one can criticize the underdog candidate for putting his money where his political aspirations are. Politicians loan themselves money all the time, and dynasties are generally a bad thing in democracies. But so is inflating your numbers to brag about support you don’t have yet.