Complex sentence: After discovering some financial irregularities that led to the indictment of the state health commissioner, Barnes became interested in politics, went back to his home area of the state and ran for state representative when he was barely 21 years old and pulled off an upset victory.
Split into simpler sentences: After discovering some financial irregularities that led to the indictment of the state health commissioner, Barnes became interested in politics. He went back to his home area of the state and ran for state representative, when he was barely 21 years old and pulled off an upset victory.