JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground by fedorsmirnoff September 07, 2014 HTML <div ng-controller="MainCtrl" ng-app> <select ng-model="selectedState" ng-options="state.name for state in stateOptions"></select> <select ng-model="selectedState2" ng-options="state.name for state in stateOptions"></select> </div> JavaScript function MainCtrl($scope) { $scope.stateOptions = [ {id: 1, name: "Alaska"}, {id: 2, name: "Montana"}, {id: 3, name: "Nebraska"}, {id: 4, name: "Texas"} ] $scope.selectedState = {id: 2, name: "Montana"}; $scope.selectedState2 = $scope.stateOptions[1]; }