COLUMBUS, Ohio — State Rep. Sandra Williams, a Cleveland Democrat, was charged Thursday with illegally spending $2,255 in campaign funds in 2010 for two Ohio State football season tickets.

Williams, an eight-year House veteran who is running for state Senate, is accused of then selling the tickets and pocketing the money, according to charges filed in Franklin County Municipal Court.

The lawmaker's campaign listed the expenditure in a campaign finance report as a "ticket for campaign volunteers," according to the charges.

She faces one count of failing to file statements and one count of attempted election falsification. Both are first-degree misdemeanors.

If convicted, she could face up to one year in jail and a $2,000 fine.

Her arraignment is scheduled for Friday, according to court records.

Williams didn't immediately return a phone call seeking comment Thursday. In an interview Wednesday, the lawmaker said she wasn't yet sure how she intends to plead to the charges, but she admitted to making errors.

"We screwed up. And I'm truly sorry for it," she said. "We've corrected everything, and it will definitely never happen again."

Williams, 46, is running for state Senate after serving eight years in the Ohio House.

The charges come a day after a second Ohio House Democrat, Rep. Dale Mallory of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to charges that he wrongfully accepted NFL tickets from lobbyists.

In addition, a Franklin County judge on Thursday ordered the early release of former Rep. W. Carlton Weddington, a Columbus Democrat serving a three-year prison sentence for bribery and election falsification.

Here are the two charges against Williams:

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story stated, in error, that first-degree misdemeanors are punishable with prison time. Under Ohio law, people guilty of such a crime may receive time in a local jail, not a state prison.