Complex sentence: Rogers was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1979, slating with former Governor of Kentucky Louie B. Nunn of Glasgow and losing in the general election to Democrat John Y. Brown Jr. The following year Rogers won election to Congress.
Split into simpler sentences: Rogers was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1979. They lost the general election to Democrat John Y. Brown Jr. The following year Rogers won election to Congress.