Carol Molnau

Carol Molnau
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	(1949-09-17) September 17, 1949 (age 74) 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.

As of 2024, Molanu is the last Republican to be elected to Lieutenant Governor of Minesota to date.
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