she helped put on a fast track. Then-state Rep. Carol Molnau and her husband Steve Molnau sold a parcel of land for 3.3 million dollars near the Highway 212 project she had backed passed through the House of Representatives. Although the official sale date was May 23, 2000, 8 days after then-governor Jesse Ventura signed the Highway 212 project bill, Molnau stated that the sale had been in negotiations for several months. Additionally, a Carver County clerk stated that the sale date as recorded reflected the actual date of the sale, not the day of the real estate closing or the filing date. See also List of female lieutenant governors in the United States References Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Legislators Past and present 1949 births Living people People from Waconia, Minnesota American people of German descent Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota State cabinet secretaries of Minnesota American Lutherans Women state legislators in Minnesota 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians