Complex sentence: In the 2000 elections Newman initially backed Reform Presidential candidate Pat Buchanan but then switched to Natural Law candidate John Hagelin as a result of squabbles between Newman's faction and the Buchanan campaign.
Split into simpler sentences: In the 2000 elections, Newman initially backed Reform Presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, but then he switched to Natural Law candidate John Hagelin. This resulted from squabbles between Newman's faction and the Buchanan campaign.