Complex sentence: Scalise was elected in the October 20,2007, nonpartisan blanket primary to the District 9 seat in the Louisiana Senate vacated by the term-limited Ken Hollis of Metairie.
Split into simpler sentences: Scalise was elected in the October 20,2007, nonpartisan blanket primary to the District 9 seat in the Louisiana Senate. That position was vacated by the term-limited Ken Hollis of Metairie.