Complex sentence: John W. Carlin, an American Democratic Party politician (born March 5,1940 in Salina, Kansas), served as Governor of Kansas from 1979 to 1987 and ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.
Split into simpler sentences: John W. Carlin, an American Democratic Party politician (born March 5,1940 in Salina, Kansas), served as Governor of Kansas from 1979 to 1987. He also ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.