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Fairgoers favor Capitol gun ban, House poll shows

Fairgoers participate in the annual state fair opinion poll at the House of Representatives booth in the Education Building Aug. 26. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)

More than three-quarters of respondents to the 2025 House of Representatives’ State Fair Poll support banning guns in the State Capitol.

Security at the State Capitol is under review after Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) and her husband, Mark, were killed in their home and Sen. John Hoffman (DFL-Champlin) and his wife, Yvette, were shot in their home June 14.

People with a permit can now carry a gun inside the building, but 78.9% of polltakers support banning guns in the Capitol while 17.2% oppose it and 4% are undecided.

The annual poll was conducted by the nonpartisan House Public Information Services Office and is an informal, unscientific survey of issues discussed in prior legislative sessions and that may again be topics of discussion in 2026. The 12-question poll was taken by 9,945 fairgoers this year, an increase from 2024 when 7,965 people took part.


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