Complex sentence: Frey was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate in 1980, having lost to eventual Senator Paula Hawkins of Maitland, and again for governor in 1986, having been defeated by Bob Martinez, former mayor of Tampa.
Split into simpler sentences: Frey was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate in 1980, having been defeated by the eventual winner, Senator Paula Hawkins of Maitland. He ran in 1986 for governor again, that time he sas defeated by Bob Martinez, former mayor of Tampa.