Issues such as voter photo ID, abortion and critical race theory were at stake in the 25 Nebraska legislative races.The Unicameral is officially non-partisan but partisan politics was at play according to both state Republican and Democratic leaders."The red wave did happen in Nebraska," said Nebraska GOP Chairman Eric Underwood.Republicans swept the constitutional offices including Jim Pillen as governor, Joe Kelly as lt. governor, Robert Evnen as secretary of state, Mike Hilgers as attorney general, Mike Foley as state auditor and John Murante as state treasurer.But some of the biggest wins were in the legislature, where the big red wave may be felt crashing the statehouse as the gavel falls on the next legislative session.Republicans believe they picked up one, possibly two state senate seats in the officially non-partisan unicameral."We have a legislative plan and we have an opportunity now with the filibuster-proof at 33," Underwood said.That's the supermajority needed to silence opposition and move bills forward on contentious issues such as constitutional carry, tax credits for private school scholarships and further bans on abortion. "With the help of the governor and 33 to 34 state senators. They've got a chance to really change the trajectory of this state, permanently," NEGOP Political Director Todd Watson said. Abortion rights advocates were already forming their lines of defense."No matter the results of last night, our goal is clear that there will be no bans on abortion in Nebraska," said Planned Parenthood Advocates of Nebraska Senior Public Affairs Manager Claire Wiebe.She was joined by newly reelected State Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha."I can promise that we're going to use every tool in the toolbox to stand against any ban in Nebraska," Hunt said.She said tools would include a possible legal challenge even calling on the public to step up."This is the time when their voices and their effort to talk to senators and reach out to their elected officials is going to be more important and more valuable than ever," Hunt said.NEGOP is also asking for public input."You need to show up at the unicameral like never before this year. Every bill. You need to be working your phones on every bill that you care about. It's time to show up, put up," Watson said. The state GOP is calling on Republican senators to test their power on day one of the session by eliminating secret ballots for legislative committee chairs and towing party line."We are the party that won. We need to lead the committees. We need to stop giving up committee control to the minority party that lost," Watson said.Hunt argued in the current process the most qualified senator is selected."For Republicans to say in our non-partisan Unicameral to say the days of non-partisan leadership are over I think they are actually going to come to regret that. And to lose that norm in Nebraska would be really devastating to our political identity and physical process here," Hunt said.State Senator Rob Clements takes a more optimistic approach to the upcoming session."I don't think everyone's going to be in lockstep. Everyone has their independent decisions to make on different issues. So I don't think it's going to be filibuster proof," Clements said.He does, however, support an abortion ban."I have indicated my support previously for being more restrictive than 20 weeks and I'll have to look and see what proposals come forward," he said.He said his focus will be fiscal."I'm looking forward to providing more tax relief for taxpayers and keeping the budget under control. Balancing the budget," he said.