Complex sentence: Rick Ward, III, state senator from District 17 since 2012 and attorney in Port Allen, resides in Maringouin, as does his predecessor in the Senate, Robert M. Marionneaux.
Split into simpler sentences: Rick Ward, III, state senator from District 17 since 2012 and attorney in Port Allen, resides in Maringouin. So does his predecessor in the Senate, Robert M. Marionneaux.