Private citizen (Houston ISD educator)

Coretta Mallet-Fontenot is a Democrat and 27-year educator in Houston ISD with a doctorate in professional leadership². Democratic precinct chairs in District 4 picked her in August 2026 as the party's nominee after Staci Childs resigned the seat³. She has served as a Houston Federation of Teachers officer and as political action committee chair for NAACP Houston².

Where they stand 1 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• Curriculum and booksTeachers and librarians, as trained professionalsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign says we cannot allow noneducators to make important decisions that govern the direction of school communities, and that curriculum should be based on science and facts. (2026) source

No public position found on: School choice, Religion in schools, DEI programs.