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Kathryn Legrand Bowers ? 2 AP Gov Essay 1 2008 Congressional reapportionment is when a state?s population is re-totaled, and based on growth or loss of state citizens; the number of representatives in the house could change. This is important to the states because they don?t want to lose any states in the House of Representatives. Redistricting is the act of redrawing the lines of congressional districts to give on party a better chance of winning over the other.