A man accused of distributing campaign widgets during methamphetamine sales learns next month when he’ll have his preliminary hearing. Donnie Swartz will remain in custody until then.

43rd Circuit Associate Circuit Judge J. Bartley Spear this week denied a motion to modify the bail ordered for Donnie Swartz.

Swartz, 43, is charged in Dekalb County with three Class-A felony counts of distributing controlled substances near a school. He remains behind bars, unable to post $75,000 bail.

Judge Spear denied the bond motion and continued a scheduling hearing until September 22, at which time a preliminary hearing date will be set.

According to court documents, Mr. Swartz allegedly sold methamphetamine to an undercover informant on at least three occasions. During one of the buys, the informant said Swartz gave him a campaign pen, pamphlet and bumper stick bearing the “Swartz4Congress” logo.

Mr. Swartz has not officially filed as a candidate for Congress.