Complex sentence: He was defeated in the general election by the Democratic nominee, State Representative Clint Zweifel by a margin of roughly 90,000 votes out of nearly 2.7 million ballots cast.
Split into simpler sentences: He was defeated in the general election by the Democratic nominee, State Representative Clint Zweifel. The margin was about 90,000 votes out of nearly 2.7 million ballots cast.