Complex sentence: Tobias Schlingensiepen, a pastor and police chaplain from Topeka, is the Democratic nominee, having defeated Ottawa farmer Scott Barnhart and Lawrence attorney Bob Eye in the Aug.7th primary.
Split into simpler sentences: Tobias Schlingensiepen, a pastor and police chaplain from Topeka, sought and received the Democratic nomination. He defeated Ottawa farmer Scott Barnhart and Lawrence attorney Bob Eye in the Aug.7th primary.