Complex sentence: Louis Milford Pate, Jr. was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's eleventh House district from 1995 through 1996 and from 2003 through 2008.
Split into simpler sentences: Louis Milford Pate, Jr. is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly. He represented the state's eleventh House district from 1995 through 1996 and from 2003 through 2008.