LINCOLN- Republicans could gain a filibuster-proof majority in the Nebraska Legislature if the results of the Nebraska primary election are repeated in November.

Election tallies from the Secretary of State’s Office show Republican candidates leading in two districts now held by Democrats, while a Democrat leads in one district held by a Republican.

If that proves to be the general election outcome, Republicans would have 33 seats in the 49-member Legislature, enough to push through bills banning abortion, allowing Nebraskans to carry concealed guns without a permit and returning the state to a winner-take-all Electoral College system.

Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, dismissed that possibility. She said she’s confident of keeping all 17 seats held by Democrats and possibly adding one or two. Her watch list includes an Omaha race in which Cindy Maxwell-Ostdiek, an independent, is running against R. Brad von Gillern, a Republican.

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