Rochelle Garza is the Democrats’ best chance of winning statewide office in Texas, but she still faces an uphill battle

Democratic nominee for Texas attorney general Rochelle Garza campaigns at a meet-and-greet Sept. 15 at the Sokol Athletic Center in Dallas. (Credit: Hunter Lacey for The Texas Tribune)

DALLAS — After a whirlwind day of canvassing voters and donors, Rochelle Garza ended a recent evening at Sokol Dallas, a Czech heritage center, where more than a thousand locals came for a fish fry dinner and to quench their curiosity about the Democratic candidate for Texas attorney general.

With Alicia Keys’ “Girl on Fire” blaring from loudspeakers, Garza introduced herself as a Rio Grande Valley native and the daughter of public school teachers.