Complex sentence: He did garner 2508 first-choice votes, 4042 second-choice votes, and 5362 third-choice votes, or 11,912 votes in total, about 8% of the electorate voted for him as one of their choices.
Split into simpler sentences: He did garner 2508 first-choice votes, 4042 second-choice votes, and 5362 third-choice votes. In total, about 8% of the electorate voted for him as one of their choices.