Concerned about losing one of their rising stars to a court-mandated redesign of Florida's Congressional district map, a leading Democratic activist is sketching out his own version of what he believes the revised map should look like.

Jon Ausman, the state's longest-serving member of the Democratic National Committee, unveiled his map Wednesday.

Notably, it includes heavily Democratic Leon County in the east-west North Florida district called for by the Florida Supreme Court earlier this month.

The district boundaries most popularly envisioned split the county in two, turning Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham's district a decidedly dark shade of Republican red and endangering her chances of winning re-election.

"Yeah, they might reject it, they might accept it. It's their choice. It's the Legislature. But it will be reviewed by the courts, and you're not supposed to be splitting, as much as you can avoid it where feasible, do not split political and geographic boundaries," Ausman said at a Wednesday press conference.

Graham, the daughter of former governor and Senator Bob Graham, is viewed by many Democrats as a rising star in an otherwise struggling state party. Her prospects of running for statewide office could hinge on her ability to hold on to her Congressional seat.

Republican strategists, however, view Ausman's map as a blatant attempt to preserve a family political dynasty and say it amounts to the very type of political meddling the Supreme Court has found the state's Republican-controlled Legislature engaged in three years ago. Lawmakers are set to hold an August special legislative session dedicated to re-drawing the Congressional map.

Some Democrats believe the effort to preserve the political demographics of Graham's Congressional district is a lost cause. They've already begun pressuring her to enter next year's U.S. Senate race, though Graham says she has no plans to do so.