Complex sentence: In 1999, Michot, the son of a former state education superintendent, the businessman Louis J. Michot, also of Lafayette, roundly defeated Jordan, 25,699 ballots (68 percent) to 12,347 (32 percent).
Split into simpler sentences: In 1999, Michot, the son of a former state education superintendent, the businessman Louis J. Michot, also of Lafayette, roundly defeated Jordan. Michot received 25,699 ballots (68 percent) to Jordan's 12,347 (32 percent).