Complex sentence: In 1982, Byars unseated one-term Mayor Jack Batton, a local businessman elected in 1978, a former member of the Minden City Council, and the younger brother of former Webster Parish Sheriff J.D. Batton.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1982, Byars unseated one-term Mayor Jack Batton, a local businessman who had first been elected in 1978. He was the younger brother of former Webster Parish Sheriff J.D. Batton.