Complex sentence: In 1990, Brown was elected to the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal, having received 57.5 percent of the vote against his fellow Democrat, Jean T. Drew of Minden, wife of Judge Harmon Drew, Jr., Brown's judicial colleague.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1990, Brown was elected to the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal. He defeated fellow Democrat Jean T. Drew of Minden, wife of Judge Harmon Drew, Jr., Brown's judicial colleague.