Greenberg's campaign manager leaves post
Just days after federal finance reports showed Republican Steve Greenberg's congressional effort is nearly out of money, the candidate on Thursday confirmed his campaign manager has left.
Brad Goodman's departure from the campaign's helm has been in the works for a while, said Greenberg, who's challenging two-term Democrat Melissa Bean for the 8th District House seat.
"We have a path and a plan for the general election, and we needed another look for that," said Greenberg, a Long Grove businessman.
A new manager will be brought aboard, Greenberg said. He declined to say if he has someone in mind.
Goodman said he left the campaign's top post, effective Wednesday, to take a job with Campbell Holste Inc., a Republican consulting firm. Greenberg is among the firm's clients.
Ken Spain, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, declined to comment on the move, saying it's an internal campaign matter.
A Bean spokesman also declined to comment.
In addition to Democrat Bean and Greenberg, Green Party candidate Iain Abernathy is in the House race. The district includes parts of Lake, Cook and McHenry counties.
Goodman joined the Greenberg team last summer. Greenberg praised Goodman for successfully leading the campaign through the three-way GOP primary in February.
The staffing change comes the same week Greenberg filed a campaign disclosure report indicating his campaign had slightly more than $5,000 in the bank as of March 31.
Conversely, Bean's campaign had nearly $1.4 million ready to spend until Election Day in November.
Abernathy did not file a financial report, saying he didn't reach a $5,000 threshold.
The NRCC's Spain said party leaders are confident Greenberg will have the necessary resources to compete in November.
But Ryan Rudominer, the Midwest spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, called the Greenberg campaign "a huge flop."
Greenberg insisted the numbers in his latest FEC report and the staffing change aren't that important.
"The election isn't won in April. The election is won in November," he said.