From the Christian Science Monitor
GOP targets big prize in state elections this fall: redistricting:

Republican State Leadership Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie predicts a $30 million effort to elect GOP party members at the state level will cause at least 10 legislative chambers to flip from Democrat to Republican in November, giving Republicans greater power in redrawing Congressional districts.

“That can have an impact on the US House composition for a decade because of the redistricting process,” Mr. Gillespie, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, said at a Monitor-sponsored breakfast for reporters on Thursday.

From The Hill’s Ballot Box
GOP predicts major state legislature gains this fall will help with redistricting:

Republicans are forecasting widespread gains for the party this fall in legislative chambers across the country, which could give the party control over the redistricting process in a number of key states.

Former Republican National Committee Chairman and current head of the Republican State Leadership Committee Ed Gillespie on Thursday predicted a minimum of 10 legislative chamber pick-ups for Republicans in 2010.

“This is the first time a wave election year is taking place in a year that ends in a zero,” Gillespie said at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.

From the Christian Science Monitor
GOP-‘tea party’ link a sign of Democrats’ ‘desperation’?:

Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican State Leadership Committee, says it is a “pretty good sign of their desperation” for the Democratic National Committee to launch an effort this week to try to damage Republican candidates’ electoral chances by linking the GOP to the extreme elements of the Tea Party.

Mr. Gillespie, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, spoke Thursday at a Monitor-sponsored breakfast for reporters.