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As Results Continue to Finalize, They Indicate Strong Showing Where The Republican State Leadership Committee Was Involved

ALEXANDRIA, VA – As outstanding results continue to come in from across the country, they continue to show that Republicans made history this week by surpassing Democrats’ gains in the post-Watergate 1974 election and more than doubling their 2006 gains.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, “Republicans gained at least 680 seats on Tuesday” outperforming the 628-seat Democratic gains in 1974, the 472-seat Republican gains of 1994 and more than double the 322-seat Democratic gains of 2006.  In addition, the NCSL reports “Republicans now hold about 3,890, or 53 percent, of the total state legislative seats in America, the most seats in the GOP column since 1928.”

“As we analyze these results and the state legislative gains, it becomes very apparent that Democrats cannot expect to recover anytime soon from this wave that swept them from office.  This is not simply another cycle where some seats went back and forth and will soon move back the other way.  This election doubled the Democrats’ 2006 performance and the next round of redistricting is likely to further cement these results,” observed RSLC Chairman Ed Gillespie.

More than a year ago the RSLC begin planning for the 2010 election cycle, designing a strategy to maximize impact on Congressional redistricting. That plan called for focusing resources on states projected to gain or lose Congressional seats based on the most recent Census data. The RSLC devoted resources to these states and won complete victories in the Michigan House, Ohio House, Pennsylvania House and the Wisconsin House and Senate.  The New York Senate is still to be determined, but appears likely to be a Republican pick-up as well.

Specifically the RSLC:

1. Spent $1.4 million targeting four New York State Senate seats, winning two and potentially controlling the New York State Senate (GOP currently ahead in enough seats to gain control, but recounts are expected).
2. Spent nearly $1 million in Pennsylvania House races, targeting and winning three of the toughest races in the state (House Districts 39, 54, 130).
3. Spent nearly $1 million in Ohio House races, targeting six seats, five of which were won by Republicans. Additionally, five of these six legislative districts were carried by President Obama in 2008.
4. Spent $1 million in Michigan working with the Michigan House Republican Campaign Committee and Michigan Republican Party to pick up 20 seats in Michigan.
5. Spent $750,000 in Texas as part of an effort that resulted in 22 House pick-ups.
6. Spent $1.5 million in Wisconsin to take control of the Senate and Assembly, including spending $500,000 to target Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker.  The RSLC was the only group to target Decker who was defeated soundly by Republican Pam Galloway.
7. Committed resources to Colorado (over $550,000), North Carolina (over $1.2 million), and Alabama ($1.5 million).

The RSLC also invested more than $3 million across a number of other states including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, Washington, Nevada, New Jersey and Oregon.  In

total, the RSLC raised more than $30 million for the 2009-2010 cycle, spending $18 million after Labor Day alone.

About the RSLC

The RSLC is the largest caucus of Republican state leaders and the only national organization whose mission is to elect down ballot, state-level Republican office-holders.  Since 2002, the RSLC has been working to elect candidates for the office of attorney general, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and state legislator.  The RSLC has more than 100,000 donors in all 50 states.

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The RSLC was mentioned by the King of Talk Radio yesterday. Check out the mention and read the transcript.

Now, any time you have a storm go through, you’re gonna have things that don’t make any sense. Tornadoes tear up one house, go by another house and leave it totally undamaged and nobody can explain it. Nobody can explain Harry Reid, although I’m gonna try. I can tell you what happened with Boxer. I can tell you what happened with Meg Whitman. We’re talking California, we’re talking unions. There are a number of things, but there is absolutely no reason to be pessimistic about anything. People said, “Well, 1994, Rush, that was really big.” Why was ’94 big? It was unexpected. It was a surprise. Last night this was expected. I warned everybody, don’t fall for this trick that they’re gonna try to dispirit you and say your win wasn’t that big. Look at what happened to state legislators. Ladies and gentlemen, according to the Republican State Leadership Committee, 19 legislative bodies have switched from Democrat to Republican control, which means they did better than they had hoped for in their wildest dreams. They hoped to pick up 17. They are gonna be redrawing congressional districts.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA – In an election-night predicted to bring significant Republican gains, the GOP exceeded all expectations across the country taking control of at least 19 state legislative chambers and winning dozens of races for lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state.

“Election Day proved to be an even bigger ‘wave’ election than anyone anticipated,” said Ed Gillespie, Chairman of the Republican State Leadership Committee.  “Voters went to the polls and swept Democrats from office.  As we enter a time with huge policy and political implications, new Republican officeholders will be given an opportunity to demonstrate common-sense conservative leadership and implement solutions that promise real results and positive change for voters.”

In comparison to past elections, all indications are that Republicans had more success than either party has seen in modern history.  As of 8:30 a.m. ET, Republicans had gained more than 500 state legislative seats nationwide, outperforming the 472-seat Republican gains of 1994 and the 322-seat Democratic gains of 2006.  Before yesterday’s elections, Democrats controlled 60 of the country’s state legislative chambers, Republicans 36.  After yesterday’s elections, at this point, Democrats control 40 chambers, Republicans 55 and one evenly divided (the Oregon House).

Candidates for offices supported by the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) benefited from this national wave:

§  Republicans won 16 of 30 races for Attorney General (California outstanding) taking five (AZ, OK, GA, OH and KS) from the Democrats.

§  Republicans won 10 of 12 races for independently elected Lieutenant Governor netting three (taking AR, OK, LA and AL from the Democrats and losing California).

§  Republicans won 17 of 26 races for Secretary of State taking six (AR, OH, NM, CO, IA and KS) from the Democrats.

§  There are now 26 states where Republicans hold majorities in both legislative chambers, up from 15.

“This year’s mid-term elections played out the conventional wisdom that voters are fed up with the Democrats’ policies of higher taxes and out-of-control spending at the federal and state level.  Today is a new day marked with new leadership following voters’ decisive actions,” said Tom Reynolds, RSLC Vice Chairman and Head of REDMAP.

The RSLC is the largest caucus of Republican state leaders and the only national organization whose mission is to elect down ballot, state-level Republican office-holders.  Since 2002, the RSLC has been working to elect candidates for the office of attorney general, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and state legislator.  The RSLC has more than 100,000 donors in all 50 states.  In February, The RSLC announced the creation of REDMAP which is on pace to raise record amounts dedicated to winning seats and legislative majorities that will critically impact redistricting in 2011.

The RSLC will be tracking Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, and State Legislature races from across the country tonight. Stay updated at RSLC.com/results and follow us on Twitter.

From Denver Business Journal:

Meanwhile, political analysts say that Republicans have a decent shot at taking back the state House, where they now trail Democrats by 37-27 margin in elected officials and must win back six seats to regain the majority. The state Senate, where Democrats hold a 21-14 edge in seat, is in play but may prove more elusive for the GOP.

Also, voters will decide the fate of Colorado’s other three statewide elected officials: Republican Attorney General John Suthers, Democratic Secretary of State Bernie Buescher and Democratic Treasurer Cary Kennedy. All three face strong challengers from the other party.

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