Complex sentence: Marty Frick, a maintenance supervisor, won the election with 67 write-in votes, but he said he needed to care for his wife, who is ailing, and Melvin Bowers, the ranking member of the town council, declined for the same reason.
Split into simpler sentences: Marty Frick, a maintenance supervisor, won the election with 67 write-in votes, but he said he needed to care for his ailing wife. As the ranking member of the town council, Melvin Bowers declined for the same reason.