Complex sentence: Shadbolt claims he stood for Mayor of Waitemata City in 1983 because he did not want the incumbent Tony Covic to be re-elected unopposed and won the election as polls at the time indicated.
Split into simpler sentences: Shadbolt claims he stood for Mayor of Waitemata City in 1983 because he did not want the incumbent Tony Covic to be re-elected unopposed. He won the election as polls at the time indicated.