10 Facts About Carol Molnau

Carol Molnau was born on September 17,1949 and is an American politician who served as the 46th lieutenant governor of Minnesota, from 2003 to 2011.

Carol Molnau joined the Pawlenty ticket shortly thereafter, and was elected lieutenant governor in 2002 and re-elected in 2006.

Pawlenty denied those rumors on August 1,2005 and Carol Molnau remained on the ticket, winning reelection on November 7,2006.

In 2006, Carol Molnau requested bids for a major highway reconstruction of Minnesota State Highway 62 and Interstate Highway 35W.

Carol Molnau's office required applicants to pay all construction projects as they did the work, with the state reimbursing the contractor over the course of the project.

Carol Molnau was unable to immediately assist in her capacity as Commissioner of Transportation because she was in China at the time.

Carol Molnau responded to complaints over her absence by stating she was presenting a paper on transportation.

Carol Molnau was a controversial transportation commissioner; while she does not have a college degree and said she did not read bridge inspection reports, she frequently promoted herself as a transportation expert while refusing to ask for funding to fix hundreds of problem bridges in Minnesota.

Carol Molnau defended her leadership, citing that three members of her leadership team were engineers.

However, Carol Molnau defended her roles, citing her predecessor, Mae Schunk, who was active in education throughout the state.