Complex sentence: A native of the South Side, Romanelli worked as a Pittsburgh city building inspector before being elected to represent the 43th senatorial district in the Pennsylvania Senate in a 1975 special election.
Split into simpler sentences: A native of the South Side, Romanelli worked as a Pittsburgh city building inspector prior to elective office. He was elected to represent the 43th senatorial district in the Pennsylvania Senate in a 1975 special election.