Complex sentence: He served as director of elderly affairs for the City of Providence, Rhode Island from 1986 to 2002 and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination to the One Hundred and Second Congress in 1990.
Split into simpler sentences: He served as director of elderly affairs for the City of Providence, Rhode Island from 1986-2002. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination to the One Hundred and Second Congress in 1990.