Frustrated try to Loop through combobox VB.Net

Hi EE,

Getting really frustrated.  I have search everywhere trying to find an example of how to loop through items in a combobox.  It was so EASY in VB 6.
1.  I have a table Company that has a StateID
2.  I fill the table and capture the StateID value
3.  I fill my State combobox using the code below.
Now I need to find which item in the list has the same stateid.
I tried all kinds of things, but nothing works.
Please help
Thank you

Public Sub FillComboBox(ByVal cnt As ComboBox)
        'example fill states
        Dim ds As New DataSet
 
        If DatabaseToUse() = BizObjs.DBType.Access Then
            'Access Database
            Dim cFields As New cFieldTableNames            
            cFields.ComboTable = msTblName
            SelectStr = cFields.ReturnComboString()   'Returns my select statement
            Dim dc As New OleDb.OleDbConnection(ConnectionString)
            Dim da As New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(mSelectStr, dc)
 
            Try
                da.Fill(ds)
                dc.Close()
 
                cnt.DataSource = ds.Tables(0)
                cnt.DisplayMember = cFields.SendToCorrectFieldProcedure(3)  'Gets the field name for the display member
                cnt.ValueMember = cFields.SendToCorrectFieldProcedure(1)  ' Get the field name (StateID) for the valuemember
 
 
            Catch ex As Exception
 
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
                Throw ex
 
            Finally
                dc.Close()
                da.Dispose()
            End Try
        End If
 
    End Sub

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