State Sen. Brenda Council has apologized for misusing more than $60,000 in campaign donations at casinos and filing false reports to conceal that.

Attorney General Jon Bruning on Wednesday says Council agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges of filing false campaign reports that omit the casino withdrawals and cash deposits.

In a statement, Council says she “made an error in judgment,” and that she takes “full responsibility.” She says she’s receiving professional treatment for a gambling addiction, and will not “give up or quit fighting for the issues.”

Her opponent, Ernie Chambers, a longtime opponent of casino gambling in Nebraska, says he hopes people will see that if the addiction can bring down somebody with education, intelligence and a successful political career, it can do it to anybody.