Complex sentence: He left in 1977 and began a campaign for attorney general that year, finishing second out of nine candidates for attorney general in the unofficial results in 1978, but lost his run-off spot in the late changing official vote three days later.
Split into simpler sentences: He left in 1977 and began a campaign for Attorney General that year where he would finish second out of nine candidates for Attorney General in the unofficial results in 1978. He lost his run-off spot in the late changing official vote three days later.