Complex sentence: She just barely nosed out her replacement as CLP candidate Stephen Brown on the primary vote, but won comfortably on a strong flow of Labor preferences, taking 58 percent of the two-candidate vote.
Split into simpler sentences: She just barely nosed out her replacement as CLP candidate, Stephen Brown, on the primary vote. However, she won comfortably on a strong flow of Labor preferences, taking 58 percent of the two-candidate vote.