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Brookings

City
	Ahnberg
	Arlington Beach
	Aurora	471
	Brookings	19,865
	Bruce	260
	Bushnell	68
	Elkton	644
	Medary
	Sinai	120
	Sunnyview
	Volga	1,583
	White	512
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Marketing Area
	Sioux Falls (Mitchell), SD

Sub-Races
% Of Total Votes	Office	Brookings Winner	Yr	Brookings Votes	% of Sub	% Vs. Full Race
3.53%	Secretary of State	Monae Johnson	22	6,874	58.58%	-5.32%
3.50%	Auditor	Rich Sattgast	22	6,602	57.13%	-5.53%
3.50%	Treasurer	Joshua R. "Josh" Haeder	22	7,096	61.96%	-5.06%
3.49%	Commissioner of Schools & Public Lands	Brock L. Greenfield	22	6,965	61.67%	-5.07%
3.48%	President	Donald J. Trump	24	8,575	57.40%	-6.03%
3.46%	Senate Class II	Michael "Mike" Rounds	20	8,792	60.48%	-5.26%
3.55%	Senate Class III	John Thune	22	7,990	64.69%	-4.94%
3.51%	SD - At-Large	Dustin "Dusty" Johnson	24	10,133	68.57%	-3.47%
3.51%	Seat 1	Chris Nelson	22	7,605	65.46%	-3.26%
3.48%	Seat 2	Kristie K. Fiegen	24	9,191	65.76%	-2.04%
3.41%	Seat 3	Gary W. Hanson	20	8,523	62.45%	-5.56%
28.61%	SD State House 08	Tim Reisch	24	2,587	44.77%	+0.44%
3.31%	IM18: Increase Minimum Wage to $8.50	Yes	14	5,392	59.53%	+4.49%
3.45%	Amendment A	Yes	20	8,056	56.19%	+2.01%
3.43%	Amendment C - 60% Vote for Tax Increase Measures	No	22	4,222	67.89%	+0.46%
3.51%	Amendment D - Medicaid Expansion	Yes	22	6,985	58.27%	+2.06%
3.50%	Amendment E - Gender Neutral Language	No	24	7,749	52.24%	-5.15%
3.48%	Amendment F - Medicaid Work Requirement	Yes	24	7,787	53.08%	-3.04%
3.51%	Amendment G - Constitutional Right to Abortion	No	24	8,040	53.72%	-4.87%
3.49%	Amendment H - Top-Two Primaries	No	24	8,977	62.42%	-3.18%
3.49%	Amendment R - Technical Schools	Yes	16	6,515	53.00%	+2.39%
3.48%	Amendment V - Nonpartisan Elections	No	16	6,687	54.19%	-1.30%
3.49%	Initiated Measure 28 - Sales Taxes on Consumed Items	No	24	9,865	67.24%	-2.00%
3.50%	Initiated Measure 29 - Marijuana Legalization	No	24	7,969	53.32%	-2.22%
3.49%	Legalize Medical Marijuana	No	10	6,482	58.94%	-4.36%
3.52%	Make judges legally & financially liable for their decisions retroactively?	No	06	10,557	90.77%	+1.55%
3.67%	Measure 11	No	08	8,119	59.11%	+3.90%
3.52%	Measure 27 - Marijuana Legalization	Yes	22	6,239	50.98%	+3.90%
3.54%	Only Male-Female Marriages Recognized?	No	06	6,233	52.93%	+4.75%
3.49%	Referred Law 21 - Senate Bill 201	No	24	8,394	58.95%	-0.46%

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http://www.brookingscountysd.gov/

Established

November 02, 1889

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Area: 794 sq. mi.
Population: 28,220
Seat: Brookings

The history of Brookings County begins with the act, which authorized its first boundaries on April 5, 1862. Its area at that time included parts of Moody, Lake and Kingsbury Counties but was reduced to its present dimensions in 1873. On January 13, 1871 the first commissioners were appointed to organize the county and Governor Burbank named Medary as the county seat. The town of Brookings was laid out in early October, 1879. There was a rush to the new town and Medary was moved almost bodily to Brookings. The question of the county seat came up at the November election and Brookings won over two other contestants. Bitter feelings and accusations of fraud followed, but Brookings became the legal county seat and the records were moved to the new town during the closing days of 1879. The establishment of the Agricultural College and experiment station at Brookings was by an act of the Territorial Legislature on February 21, 1881.