Overdue?

The turmoil in 6th Congressional District Democrat Christine Cegelis’ campaign continued Tuesday as she parted ways with her campaign manager and media consultant.

The departures of top campaign team members come a day after Cegelis reported having less than $40,000 on hand for the primary’s stretch run — less than half of what opponents Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran from Hoffman Estates, and Wheaton College professor Lindy Scott had.

A Cegelis spokeswoman denied the campaign was in a state of upheaval, however.

“It’s not in free fall,” spokeswoman Camaro Elliott Powers said. “The split was amicable and completely planned.” […]

Cegelis, a Rolling Meadows technology consultant, is bringing in Kevin Spidel of the Progressive Democrats of America to run the campaign.

According to his Web log, “Ramblings of a Progressive Mind,” Spidel is the group’s national deputy director, a one-time organizer for Amnesty International, and a state coordinator for Dennis Kucinich’s 2004 Democratic presidential campaign. Powers said numerous volunteers from the group also will be coming.

Cegelis reported having less than $40,000 left as of Jan. 1 after raising $228,000 since 2005. Duckworth, who has national party backing, raised $120,000 in two weeks. Scott raised $101,000 so far, $60,000 from his own pocket.

Meanwhile, in the 8th District, Teresa Bartels has dropped out of the Republican primary to face Democratic incumbent freshman Melissa Bean. Here are the numbers for the rest of the candidates. I took down the Chicago Sun-Times’ campaign contribution report numbers because they were questioned as possibly inaccurate. I’ll have numbers from another source later.