Complex sentence: Although she won the Ames Straw Poll hosted by the Iowa GOP on August 13,2011, becoming the first woman ever to win the poll, when the actual caucuses were held on January 3,2012, she finished sixth.
Split into simpler sentences: Although she won the Ames Straw Poll hosted by the Iowa GOP on August 13,2011, becoming the first woman ever to win the poll. When the actual caucuses were held on January 3,2012, she finished sixth.