Excerpt from Yahoo News

But redistricting isn’t simply a complication for Republicans here in 2012.

[Clark County GOP chairman Dave] Gibbs actually views redistricting as the catalyst for why his party is going to rebound in Nevada this election cycle.

“The redistricting in 2001 was so in favor of the Democrats in Clark
County that it pretty much shut out the Republicans from any significant
level of participation in the state legislature–or at least in the
state assembly,” Gibbs said. “And now with redistricting, we actually
have a chance at getting–if not getting a majority–at least getting
significantly closer to a majority than we’ve been in ten years.”

Gibbs conceded that 2008 was the Democrats’ year for momentum, but he
argued that “one of the good things with pendulums is that the higher
you raise it, you know it’s going to come back.”

Gibbs noted that redistricting has created a new congressional
district this cycle–which his party views as a major pickup
opportunity, in addition to making legislative districts more
competitive. He said voter registration, candidate recruitment, and even
volunteer enthusiasm all indicate that energy is on the Republicans’
side this year.