Mitt Romney Super Pac brought in $18m in six months, FEC figures reveal

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Mitt Romney Super Pac brought in $18m in six months, FEC figures reveal

• Total includes $750,000 from ex-colleagues at Bain Capital• Obama’s campaign organisation raised $140m in 2011Top executives at Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs and other financial houses tied to Mitt Romney have poured millions of dollars into a Super Pac that funded the blitz of attack adverts that played a central role in the former Massachusetts governor’s victory in Florida. According to figures released by the Federal Election Commission at midnight, the Super Pac backing Romney, Restore Our Future, took in about $18m from 200 donors during the second half of last year.