A Republican attached to one state or another (8)

I believe the answer is:

arkansas

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'or another' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'a republican attached to one state' is the wordplay.
'republican' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'attached to' says to put letters next to each other.
'one state' becomes 'kansas' (Kansas is an example).
'a'+'r'+'kansas'='ARKANSAS'

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(Other definitions for arkansas that I've seen before include "American state, capital Little Rock" , "Confederate state in the American Civil War" , "Little Rock's state" , "State of S. central US" , "River joining Mississippi" .)

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