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const usStates = [
  {
    "abbreviation": 'AL',
    "stateName": 'Alabama'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'AK',
    "stateName": 'Alaska'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'AZ',
    "stateName": 'Arizona'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'AR',
    "stateName": 'Arkansas'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'CA',
    "stateName": 'California'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'CO',
    "stateName": 'Colorado'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'CT',
    "stateName": 'Connecticut'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'DE',
    "stateName": 'Delaware'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'DC',
    "stateName": 'District of Columbia'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'FL',
    "stateName": 'Florida'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'GA',
    "stateName": 'Georgia'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'HI',
    "stateName": 'Hawaii'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'ID',
    "stateName": 'Idaho'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'IL',
    "stateName": 'Illinois'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'IN',
    "stateName": 'Indiana'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'IA',
    "stateName": 'Iowa'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'KS',
    "stateName": 'Kansas'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'KY',
    "stateName": 'Kentucky'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'LA',
    "stateName": 'Louisiana'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'ME',
    "stateName": 'Maine'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'MD',
    "stateName": 'Maryland'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'MA',
    "stateName": 'Massachusetts'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'MI',
    "stateName": 'Michigan'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'MN',
    "stateName": 'Minnesota'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'MS',
    "stateName": 'Mississippi'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'MO',
    "stateName": 'Missouri'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'MT',
    "stateName": 'Montana'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'NE',
    "stateName": 'Nebraska'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'NV',
    "stateName": 'Nevada'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'NH',
    "stateName": 'New Hampshire'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'NJ',
    "stateName": 'New Jersey'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'NM',
    "stateName": 'New Mexico'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'NY',
    "stateName": 'New York'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'NC',
    "stateName": 'North Carolina'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'ND',
    "stateName": 'North Dakota'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'OH',
    "stateName": 'Ohio'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'OK',
    "stateName": 'Oklahoma'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'OR',
    "stateName": 'Oregon'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'PA',
    "stateName": 'Pennsylvania'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'RI',
    "stateName": 'Rhode Island'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'SC',
    "stateName": 'South Carolina'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'SD',
    "stateName": 'South Dakota'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'TN',
    "stateName": 'Tennessee'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'TX',
    "stateName": 'Texas'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'VT',
    "stateName": 'Vermont'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'VA',
    "stateName": 'Virginia'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'WA',
    "stateName": 'Washington'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'WV',
    "stateName": 'West Virginia'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'WI',
    "stateName": 'Wisconsin'
  },
  {
    "abbreviation": 'WY',
    "stateName": 'Wyoming'
  }
];

class Form extends React.Component {
	get stateOptions() {
    return usStates.map((option, index) => {
      return <option key={index} value={ option.abbreviation }>{ option.stateName }</option>;
    });
  }
  
  handleReset() {
  	console.log('this.refs.select', this.refs.select);
    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
	    $(this.refs.select).val("NC");
    });
  }
  
	render() {
  	return(
    	<form onReset={ this.handleReset.bind(this) }>
    	  <input type="text" defaultValue="FIRST NAME" />
    	  <input type="text" defaultValue="LAST NAME" />
        <select ref="select" defaultValue="NC" name="StateCD">
          { this.stateOptions }
        </select>
        <button type="reset" value="Reset">Reset</button>
    	</form>
    )
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<Form />, document.getElementById('reactForm'));

<form action="#">
  <input type="text" value="FIRST NAME" />
  <input type="text" value="LAST NAME" />
  <select name="states" id="states">
    <option value="AZ">Arizona</option>
    <option value="UT">Utah</option>
    <option selected value="OR">Oregon</option>
    <option value="CA">Californiuh</option>
  </select>
  <button type="reset" value="Reset">Reset</button>
</form>

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<div id="reactForm"></div>