Complex sentence: Charles Meeker is the Democratic mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, for two terms, and first elected in 2001 over Republican Paul Coble, and reelected for a third term in 2005.
Split into simpler sentences: Charles Meeker is the Democratic mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina. He was first elected in 2001 over Republican Paul Coble, and reelected for a third term in 2005.