Complex sentence: Shaw was first elected to the Louisiana House in the primary on October 21,1995, when he defeated the Democrat Jeff Rogers, 9,096 votes (66 percent) to 4,759 (34 percent).
Split into simpler sentences: Shaw was first elected to the Louisiana House in the primary on October 21,1995. He defeated the Democrat Jeff Rogers, 9,096 votes (66 percent) to 4,759 (34 percent).