in the republican primary on march 4, 2014, anderson unseated former colleague linda harper-brown of irving for the neighboring district 105 seat in the texas house. in a low-turnout contest, anderson polled 3,456 votes (52.7 percent) to harper-brown's 3,098 (47.3 percent). harper-brown had won her 2012 nomination without opposition but had faced a close challenge in the general election of 2012 and an even more narrow victory in 2008.