Complex sentence: He was succeeded in January 2016 by another Republican, Reid Falconer of Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish, who defeated Pat Phillips in the primary election held on October 24,2015.
Split into simpler sentences: He was succeeded in January 2016 by another Republican, Reid Falconer of Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish. Falconer defeated Pat Phillips in the primary election held on October 24,2015.