Complex sentence: During his political career, Hanford was a three-time Social Democratic Party and Socialist Party candidate for Governor of the state of New York, running unsuccessfully in 1898,1900, and 1902.
Split into simpler sentences: During his political career, Hanford was a three-time Social Democratic Party candidate for governor of the state of New York. Hanford ran unsuccessfully in 1898,1900, and 1902.