Career
Originally a Republican and having worked for Clayton Williams′ 1990 campaign for governor of Texas against Ann West. Richards, Malcolm became a Democrat in 1992. The Texas Democratic Party elected her as chairperson in 1998 and to two additional terms in 2000 and in 2002. The first woman to hold this position, she resigned on October 25, 2003.
She is a former secretary of the Texarkana College Board of Trustees and the subject of a complaint to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools).