Complex sentence: In 1998, she ran for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania; she won the primary but as the running mate of State Rep. Ivan Itkin, the ticket lost to Republicans Tom Ridge and Mark Schweiker.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1998, she ran for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. She won the primary election, becoming the running mate of State Representative Ivan Itkin, but the ticket lost to Republicans Tom Ridge and Mark Schweiker.