Complex sentence: In 1995, Barro ran a stgrong third in the nonpartisan blanket primary and hence lost a general election berth to another Democrat, Melissa Flournoy, a state representative, who was in turn handily defeated in the general election by the Republican Max T. Malone of Shreveport.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1995, Barro ran a stgrong third in the nonpartisan blanket primary. Barro lost a general election berth to another Democrat, Melissa Flournoy, who was in turn handily defeated by the Republican Max T. Malone of Shreveport.