WASHINGTON — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis released a tentative new congressional map for the Sunshine State Monday that could give the GOP up to four additional House seats, canceling out a gerrymander approved by Virginia voters last week.

The proposed map would eliminate four Democratic-leaning districts in central and southern parts of the state, leaving Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, and West Palm Beach as deep-blue strongholds.

“Florida got shortchanged in the 2020 Census, and we’ve been fighting for fair representation ever since,” DeSantis said in a statement to Fox News Digital, which first reported on the new map.

“Our population has since grown dramatically, and we have moved from a Democrat majority to a 1.5 million Republican advantage. Drawing maps based on race, which is reflected in our current congressional districts, is unconstitutional and should be prohibited.”

DeSantis has called a special session of the legislature beginning Tuesday to consider the new boundaries — a rare move that’s often referred to as mid-decade redistricting since the process usually occurs after the US Census is taken every ten years.

“The governor has been planning this long before what took place in Virginia, and continues to be adamant that Floridians deserve fair representation that accurately reflects the state’s changing population and demographics,” a source told Fox News Digital, which first reported the redistricting announcement.

Currently, Republicans make up 20 members of the 28-seat strong Florida delegation, with seven Democrats. One seat is currently vacant after the resignation earlier this month of former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.).

Virginia voters approved new maps to likely cut the number of GOP seats in the House to just one from the current five, while Democrats are in line to win as many as 10 Virginia seats — up from the current six.

The Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments Monday challenging the legitimacy of the commonwealth’s new maps after a county circuit court judge ruled them invalid.

Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger and even former President Barack Obama drove Old Dominion voters to the polls to cast ballots in the April 21 referendum.

“Virginia voters have spoken, and tonight they approved a temporary measure to push back against a President who claims he is ‘entitled’ to more Republican seats in Congress,” Spanberger said.

“Virginians watched other states go along with those demands without voter input — and we refused to let that stand. We responded the right way: at the ballot box.”

The planned map redraws boundaries around DC’s deep-blue suburbs and the majority-minority state capital city of Richmond to boost the power of Democratic-leaning voters.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has said that his “message to Florida Republicans is ‘F around and find out.'”

“If they go down the road of a DeSantis dummymander, the Florida Republicans are gonna find themselves in the same situation as Texas Republicans, who are on the run right now,” Jeffries said.

Also Monday, the US Supreme Court struck down a federal judge’s ruling that blocked Texas Republicans from redrawing their state’s districts.

Like Texas, the GOP holds a majority in both chambers of the Florida legislature, making it likely the new map will be approved for all 28 districts.

Under California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Golden State voters also passed Proposition 50 to draw new districts that would potentially hand Democrats four previously GOP-leaning seats.

“Under no circumstances are Texas Republicans picking up five seats. They’ll be fortunate if they get two or three. While in California, we are going to get all five,” Jeffries has claimed.

DeSantis responded that he’d be happy to foot the bill for Jeffries to campaign against the redistricting effort in the Sunshine State. 

“I’ll put you up in the Florida governor’s mansion. We will take you fishing,” he ribbed at a news conference. “There’s nothing that could be better for Republicans in Florida than to see Jeffries, Hakeem Jeffries, everywhere around this state.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has backed DeSantis’ decision to draw new district lines, saying state officials have “the right and the intention to do it — and my view is that they should.”