anderson had to await the results of the may 27 runoff election in 2014 to determine his democratic opponent in the november 4 general election. in the democratic primary on march 4, susan denara motley (born c. 1970) led a three-candidate field with 1,171 votes (47.3 percent) and faced the runner up, terry meza (born c. 1949), who polled 704 votes (28.4 percent), in a runoff electiong. bernice montgomery, the third democratic candidate, held a critical 601 votes (24.3 percent). in the general election, anderson prevailed over motley, the winner of the democratic runoff contest. he polled 13,600 votes (55.4 percent) to motley's 10,478 (42.7 percent). another 449 votes (1.8 percent) were cast for libertarian party nominee, w. carl spiller.