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Illustration: Aïda Amer/AxiosDemocrats are preparing a mix of tech and legal strategies to combat expected gerrymandering by Republicans, who are planning to go on legal offense themselves.Why it matters: Democrats failed to regain a single state legislature on Election Day, while Republicans upped their control to 30 states' Houses and Senates. , legislatures draw new congressional district lines, which can boost a party's candidates for the next decade. What to watch: The expected flashpoints are the battleground states of Florida, Texas, North Carolina and Georgia — where Democrats failed to gain any control over redistricting.The backstory: Republicans gained sweeping control of the redistricting process in 2011. Over the past decade, Democrats have fought in court against some of their subsequent congressional maps with a few notable wins, such as in and Democrats have built new, sophisticated mapping technologies, and Republicans have been working on a 50-state redistricting database to help them identify their best tactics.Democrats already have a large network of attorneys and organizations on their side, many of whom were involved in the surge of election lawsuits last year and the last round of gerrymandering litigation.Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Sunday evening that he's tested positive for COVID-19.Driving the news: López Obrador tweeted that he and is receiving medical treatment. "As always, I am optimistic," he added. "We will all move forward."Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will announce Monday that she's running for governor of Arkansas. The big picture: Sanders was touted as a contender after it was announced she was in June 2019. Then-President Trump tweeted he hoped she would run for governor, adding "she would be fantastic." Sanders is "seen as leader in the polls" in the Republican state, notes the Washington Post's Josh Dawsey, who .History will likely remember the pandemic as the "first time since records began that inequality rose in virtually every country on earth at the same time." That's the verdict from Oxfam's covering the year 2020 — a terrible year that hit the poorest, hardest across the planet.Why it matters: The world's poorest were already in a race against time, an existential risk in the form of global climate change. The coronavirus pandemic could set global poverty reduction back as much as a full decade, according to the .Sign up for Mike Allen’s daily Axios AM and PM newsletters to get smarter, faster on the news that matters.

Illustration: Aïda Amer/AxiosDemocrats are preparing a mix of tech and legal strategies to combat expected gerrymandering by Republicans, who are planning to go on legal offense themselves.Why it matters: Democrats failed to regain a single state legislature on Election Day, while Republicans upped their control to 30 states' Houses and Senates. , legislatures draw new congressional district lines, which can boost a party's candidates for the next decade. What to watch: The expected flashpoints are the battleground states of Florida, Texas, North Carolina and Georgia — where Democrats...

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