A breakdown of gifts Gov. Pete Ricketts received in 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A breakdown of some of the gifts Gov. Pete Ricketts received in 2015:

- 25 bottles of alcohol, including wine, champagne, Irish whiskey, Oban scotch, tequila and Storz beer.

- 90 books, many sent as promotional mailings. Titles include “If a Peacock Finds a Pot Leaf,” ’’What to do When America is Attacked,” ’’It’s Always About the Money” and “Killing Reagan.”

- 55 food items, including 8 filet mignon steaks from the president of Omaha Steaks, a Ronald Reagan candy jar with jelly beans, a box of Tootsie Rolls and a boar’s leg.

- 5 airline flights, including three flight-and-hotel packages to attend Republican Governors Association meetings. The flights were the only gifts valued at more than $1,000.

Amway Government Affairs, a Washington lobbying group, flew Ricketts from Omaha to Washington on a private jet to testify at a June 2015 House committee hearing on right-to-work laws. In October 2015, the engineering firm Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc. flew Ricketts to Washington for a trip listed on his public schedule as a meeting with Nebraska’s congressional delegation.

- 66 clothing items, including a cape, cufflinks, lapel pins, t-shirts, tennis shoes and a butcher’s smock.

- 16 tickets to sporting and philanthropic events and political fundraisers.

- Promotional gifts from Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and a book, “The Immortal Nicholas,” from conservative political commentator Glenn Beck. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred sent a bottle of champagne to Ricketts, whose family owns the Chicago Cubs.

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Source: The Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission