Complex sentence: McVey was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3,1961-January 3,1963) but was unsuccessful in his bid for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.
Split into simpler sentences: Mcvey was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3,1961-January 3,1963). He was an unsuccessful for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.