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Butte

City
	Arpan
	Belle Fourche	4,979
	Castle Rock
	Empire
	Fruitdale	62
	Hoover
	Jolly Dump
	Newell	627
	Nisland	206
	Vale
Attached Containers
Marketing Area
	Rapid City, SD

Sub-Races
% Of Total Votes	Office	Butte Winner	Yr	Butte Votes	% of Sub	% Vs. Full Race
1.22%	Secretary of State	Monae Johnson	22	3,225	79.65%	+15.75%
1.22%	Auditor	Rich Sattgast	22	3,016	74.82%	+12.17%
1.22%	Treasurer	Joshua R. "Josh" Haeder	22	3,217	80.71%	+13.68%
1.23%	Commissioner of Schools & Public Lands	Brock L. Greenfield	22	3,216	81.07%	+14.33%
1.18%	President	Donald J. Trump	24	4,024	79.18%	+15.75%
1.14%	Senate Class II	Michael "Mike" Rounds	20	3,809	79.85%	+14.12%
1.19%	Senate Class III	John Thune	22	3,269	78.62%	+8.99%
1.16%	SD - At-Large	Dustin "Dusty" Johnson	24	4,066	82.91%	+10.87%
1.22%	Seat 1	Chris Nelson	22	3,298	81.96%	+13.23%
1.19%	Seat 2	Kristie K. Fiegen	24	3,719	77.80%	+10.00%
1.15%	Seat 3	Gary W. Hanson	20	3,577	77.63%	+9.62%
44.44%	SD State Senate 28	J. Sam Marty	24	3,720	76.94%	+12.89%
1.16%	IM18: Increase Minimum Wage to $8.50	Yes	14	1,676	52.57%	-2.47%
1.14%	Amendment A	No	20	2,524	53.19%	+7.38%
1.37%	Amendment C - 60% Vote for Tax Increase Measures	No	22	1,666	67.07%	-0.36%
1.21%	Amendment D - Medicaid Expansion	No	22	2,104	51.01%	+7.22%
1.18%	Amendment E - Gender Neutral Language	No	24	3,525	70.33%	+12.95%
1.19%	Amendment F - Medicaid Work Requirement	Yes	24	3,050	60.96%	+4.84%
1.18%	Amendment G - Constitutional Right to Abortion	No	24	3,378	67.13%	+8.54%
1.18%	Amendment H - Top-Two Primaries	No	24	3,402	69.87%	+4.26%
1.19%	Amendment R - Technical Schools	No	16	2,585	61.50%	+12.11%
1.19%	Amendment V - Nonpartisan Elections	No	16	2,510	59.49%	+4.01%
1.18%	Initiated Measure 28 - Sales Taxes on Consumed Items	No	24	3,502	70.46%	+1.22%
1.18%	Initiated Measure 29 - Marijuana Legalization	No	24	3,243	64.28%	+8.74%
1.17%	Legalize Medical Marijuana	No	10	2,369	64.17%	+0.86%
1.15%	Make judges legally & financially liable for their decisions retroactively?	No	06	3,382	88.74%	-0.47%
1.12%	Measure 11	No	08	2,348	56.02%	+0.82%
1.21%	Measure 27 - Marijuana Legalization	No	22	2,692	64.25%	+11.33%
1.15%	Only Male-Female Marriages Recognized?	Yes	06	1,957	51.35%	-0.48%
1.20%	Referred Law 21 - Senate Bill 201	No	24	3,058	62.65%	+3.25%

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November 02, 1889

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Area: 2,249 sq. mi.
Population: 9,094
Seat: Belle Fourche

Butte County was established in 1883. The county was formed as an outgrowth of a fight over the location of the capital of the Dakota Territory. In January 1883 a session of the Territorial Council was held to determine if Yankton would remain the capital of the Dakota Territory. The session created 59 new counties and a bill passed to divide Lawrence County into two counties, Lawrence and Butte. Governor Ordway designated Minnesela as the county seat. By 1894 Minnesela was a defunct community. Belle Fourche had built a 2-story building and offered it to Butte County if they would move the county seat to Belle Fourche. Following a brief fight, Belle Fourche won by a landslide.