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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Maple Bluff, Wis. Republican governors who turned down billions in federal dollars from an expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama’s health care law now have their hands out in hopes the GOP Congress comes up with a new formula to provide insurance for low-income Americans. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, file) (AP)

Hands out: GOP governors who turned down Medicaid money are now asking for funds to insure low-income Americans

Thomas Beaumont
FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2016, file photo, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock listens to a reporter's question at the governor's residence in Helena, Mont. Congressional Republicans’ drive to repeal the 2010 health care law has financial and political repercussions for GOP leaders in the states and gives Democrats potential openings as they struggle to reclaim power lost during President Barack Obama’s tenure. (AP Photo/Matt Volz, File) (AP)

State Republicans are worried about the GOP’s decision to get rid of Obamacare

Bill Barrow, Thomas Beaumont
FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, left, watch early election returns in West Des Moines, Iowa. An aide to President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, that Trump has offered to nominate Branstad as U.S. ambassador to China. The likely departure of the nation's longest-serving governor to accept the appointment means Iowa could be led by its first female governor. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) (AP)

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad chosen by Donald Trump to be ambassador to China

Thomas Beaumont, Josh Boak
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to volunteers at a campaign office in Seattle. Hillary Clinton has a tight grip on the Electoral College majority need to be elected president of the U.S., and may very well be on her way to a big victory, and that's how some Republicans see it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (AP)

Hillary Clinton’s smooth sailing: GOP strategists say Donald Trump is in trouble

Thomas Beaumont