Complex sentence: According to the August 14,2008 Time magazine article, Lincoln Diaz-Balart faces a competitive race because "Democratic voter registration in Miami-Dade County, as in other places, is up, and Republican registration is down".
Split into simpler sentences: According to the August 14,2008 Time magazine article, Lincoln Diaz-Balart faces a competitive race. It also said that "Democratic voter registration in Miami-Dade County, as in other places, is up, and Republican registration is down".