Thanks to $1M loan, Jim Schwartzel posts a $1.2M quarter in race to succeed Byron Donalds

Thanks to $1M loan, Jim Schwartzel posts a $1.2M quarter in race to succeed Byron Donalds

Sun Broadcasting President Jim Schwartzel has quickly pulled together $1.2 million for his campaign to succeed U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds. That includes $1 million the Fort Myers Republican put in himself in the form of a candidate loan. Schwartzel in April filed for the open seat representing Florida’s 19th Congressional District. Since then, he reported almost $213,000 in outside contributions to his campaign, most of that in individual contribut…