Complex sentence: C. Ellen Connally is a retired Cleveland, Ohio judge nominated by the Democratic Party to run for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court in 2004, after serving on the Cleveland Municipal Court from 1980 through 2003.
Split into simpler sentences: C. Ellen Connally was the Democratic Party nominee for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court in 2004. She is a retired judge who served on the Cleveland Municipal Court from 1980 through 2003.