The Pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future raised more than $4.6 million in April. | REUTERS Romney super PAC fundraising slid

Pro-Mitt Romney super PAC Restore Our Future raised less money in April — during the tumultuous Republican presidential primary — than it has during any other month this year, new federal records show.

To be sure, Restore Our Future’s haul — more than $4.6 million — remains an impressive number and significantly more than almost all other super PACs are expected to raise in April as the federal government’s latest disclosure deadline arrives today.


But as it pivots to fight against President Barack Obama, the super PAC’s April income is only a little more than half of what it collected in March, when Romney, the GOP’s presumptive nominee, continued to battle state-by-state with primary challengers Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul.

The super PAC also easily cracked the the $6 million-raised in January and February.

Texas investor John Kleinheinz, who in 2005 was involved in a bizarre dispute culminating with him driving a photographer’s sport utility vehicle into a pond, contributed $1 million to Restore Our Future in April — his first ever to the super PAC and the largest it received for the month.

And at $985,000, Harold Hamm, the chairman and chief executive officer of Oklahoma-based oil company Continental Resources, Inc., made the second-largest contribution to Restore Our Future in April. It’s the first time Hamm has donated to the super PAC, federal records show.

Texas homebuilder Bob Perry also donated $750,000 in April, but records show the donation was returned. Perry has already contributed several million to Restore Our Future this election cycle.

Other notable contributions from last month include $250,000 each from Bain Capital Managing Director Stephen Zide, Select Medical Executive Chairman Rocco Ortenzio and Limited Brands executive Leslie Wexner; $100,000 each from WL Ross & Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Wilbur Ross and Sun Capital Advisors co-chief executives Rodger Krouse and Marc Leder; and $30,000 from real estate industry billionaire Sam Zell, who is also chairman of the Tribune Co., which owns newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Baltimore Sun.

Several corporations also made contributions to Restore Our Future, including $100,000 from Hallador Energy Company of Colorado, $25,000 from United Refining of New York and $5,000 from Pepsi MidAmerica of Illinois.

Aside from independent expenditures, which are communications that overtly advocate for or against political candidates, Restore Our Future in April paid $250,000 in “fundraising commissions” to Beverly, Mass.-based company Podium Capital Group, a firm run by a long-time associate of and fundraiser for Mitt Romney.

It also paid out more than $64,000 in legal fees to Clark Hill PLC in Washington, D.C., its the super PAC’s April filing shows.

In all, Restore Our Future spent $2.85 million in April and ended the month with $8.2 million in reserve.

As of late, Restore Our Future has been buying up advertising time in presidential race swing states.

Meanwhile, one of its rival super PACs, pro-Newt Gingrich Winning Our Future, reported raising next to nothing in April as Gingrich’s campaign faltered, faded and ultimately ended.

Winning Our Future does, however, did have $5.63 million left in its account through April — and plenty of options for how to use it, including keeping it, using it still, refunding it to donors or donating it to another political committee.

Pro-Rick Santorum super PAC Red White and Blue Fund, for its part, ended April with nearly $324,000 in reserve, with Cinemark Chairman Tandy Mitchell having donated $100,000 on April 9 — the day before Santorum abruptly suspended his campaign.

Pro-Ron Paul super PAC Endorse Liberty, however, is nearly broke, ending April with $1,827 cash in the bank.

Endorse Liberty took in just $2,168 in April after collecting more than $2.67 million during the year’s first three months, federal records show.