Carol Molnau | |
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| 46th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota | |
| In office January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2011 | |
| Governor | Tim Pawlenty |
| Preceded by | Mae Schunk |
| Succeeded by | Yvonne Prettner Solon |
| Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation | |
| In office January 6, 2003 – February 28, 2008 | |
| Governor | Tim Pawlenty |
| Preceded by | Elwyn Tinklenberg |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Sorel |
| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 35A district | |
| In office January 5, 1993 – January 3, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Redistricting |
| Succeeded by | Redistricting |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 17, 1949 Waconia, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Steve Molnau |
Carol Molnau (born September 17, 1949) is an American politician who served as the 46th lieutenant governor of Minnesota, from 2003 to 2011. As of 2024, she is the most recent Republican to have been elected Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.[a]
Born in Carver County, Minnesota, she was elected as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1992 and served five terms. Molnau announced she would not run for re-election after she sold her farm to developers and would no longer be living in the area she had represented. She joined the Pawlenty ticket shortly thereafter, and was elected lieutenant governor in 2002 and re-elected in 2006.
She served as head of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) in the Pawlenty administration, where she opposed state funding of the mass transit systems of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area.
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