Complex sentence: Rammell ran unsuccessfully in the 2008 Idaho senatorial election against Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jim Risch, polling 5.4% of the vote, and in 2009 announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor in the 2010 Idaho gubernatorial election.
Split into simpler sentences: Rammell ran unsuccessfully in the 2008 Idaho senatorial election against Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jim Risch, polling 5.4% of the vote. In 2009 announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor in the 2010 Idaho gubernatorial election.