Complex sentence: Lightner won the San Diego City Council general election in November, with 51.9 per cent of the vote, compared to her Republican opponent Phil Thalheimer's 48.1 percent, making Lightner the councilmember-elect for San Diego City Council District 1.
Split into simpler sentences: Lightner won the general election in November, with 51.9 per cent of the vote compared to her Republican opponent Phil Thalheimer's 48.1 percent. Lightner is now the councilmember-elect for San Diego City Council District 1.