National Review‘s The Corner:

This morning, the Republican State Leadership Committee released its second report on the “REDistricting MAjority Project” (REDMAP). Led by former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie, the committee is supporting Republican candidates for state legislatures across the country with the hope of influencing 2011’s redistricting efforts in the GOP’s favor. The report has four major findings …

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From National Journal‘s Hotline On Call:

Republicans are increasingly bullish that they will capitalize on the national mood and make significant inroads in state legislatures this fall, something that could prove pivotal to their redistricting efforts after the census.

The Republican State Leadership Committee, which is leading the GOP’s efforts, said Thursday that it believes it will net new majorities in at least six chambers with a total of 17 chambers now in play.

Ed Gillespie, the chairman of the committee, said the committee is quickly expanding its efforts into Democratic states. They now believe they will win majorities in six chambers: the Indiana House, Michigan House, North Carolina House, Ohio House, Pennsylvania House and Wisconsin Senate.

And in a sign of how confident Republicans are getting, the RSLC is now planning to spend money in the Illinois House. Currently, Democrats hold a 21-seat majority there.

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From the Daily Caller:

Republicans in November will win control of more state legislatures than previously projected, according to a report released Thursday, which could lead to more Republican drawn U.S. House districts during redistricting next year.

The Republican State Leadership Committee, chaired by veteran GOP operative Ed Gillespie, says Republicans will win control of six state legislature chambers in November. Additionally, 11 Democratic-controlled chambers are also in play for Republicans. Democrats, on the other hand, will not win control of any GOP chamber this year, according to the REDMAP report.

“We think we’re going to be able to tap into the frustration amongst voters out there about taxes and spending,” Gillespie said Thursday of the group, which is putting money towards Republicans in these targeted state legislature races.

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From the Dallas Morning News:

“The fact is, we could end up adding more, given the dynamic on the ground,” said RSLC chairman Ed Gillespie, the former George W. Bush adviser and national GOP chairman. He and vice chairman Tom Reynolds , former head of the party’s House campaign arm (Dallas Rep. Pete Sessions is that committee’s current chairman) released a status report this morning on their Redistricting Majority Project (or REDMAP).

As for the Texas House, that was one of four chambers across the country that Democrats had hoped to win back this November, and REDMAP strategists say the Democrats’ no longer have that within reach.

REDMAP executive director Chris Jankowski ticked off four chambers viewed at risk earlier this year – the state Houses in Texas and Tennessee, and the Senates in Michigan and Kentucky. “We are firmly convinced… that those four state chambers that are Republican controlled — that were the only four that could arguably have been said to be in play this spring — are safe Republican,” he said on a conference call with reporters.

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RSLC Sees Republicans Picking Up Six Chambers with 11+ in Play

ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), through its REDistricting MAjority Project (REDMAP), released the September edition of the REDMAP Report today, finding that the 2010 state legislative elections have become a referendum on the Democrat approach to the recessional and budgetary matters, leading to an even larger pick-up of legislative chambers than previously thought.

“In state after state, Democrat Governors and Legislatures responded to the economic crisis by increasing taxes and failing to cut spending, mirroring the approach so aggressively pursued by President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats. The result is that in numerous legislative districts across the country that President Obama won in 2008 and are held by incumbent Democrats, voters have dramatically moved away from the Democrat Party and in the direction of a strong crop of fresh new Republican candidates seeking office,” the REDMAP Report states.

The report cites at least 30 legislative seats won by President Obama in 2008 that could determine control of the Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania Houses where the Democrat incumbent voted for larger state budgets and massive tax increases in the face of a recession.

In addition, the report increases the number of expected Republican pick-ups to six legislative chambers – adding the North Carolina House and Michigan House, with at least 11 Democrat controlled chambers solidly in play – adding the Illinois House since the last report. The finding that Democrats will not take control of a single state legislative chamber, including key REDMAP chambers such as the Texas House, Michigan Senate and Tennessee House and Kentucky Senate, remains unchanged.

This report has previously stated that if Republicans win only half of the legislative chambers in play, the result will be a net gain of 10 legislative chambers. This projection is starting to look more and more conservative as each week passes.

To view the complete REDMAP Political Report, follow this link.

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 consistently raises and spends an average of more than $20 million, per two-year cycle, from more than 80,000 donors and from 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.