Complex sentence: Gerlach first ran for U.S. Congress in 2002 for an open seat against Democrat Dan Wofford, in a district gerrymandered for Gerlach to win.
Split into simpler sentences: Gerlach first ran for U.S. Congress in 2002. In the for an open seat against Democrat Dan Wofford, in a district gerrymandered for Gerlach to win.