Complex sentence: The newspaper began a steep decline in the late 1940s and early 1950s, helped by a loss of journalistic credibility when Boddy ran in both the Democratic and Republican primaries for United States Senate in 1950.
Split into simpler sentences: The newspaper began a steep decline in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1950, Boddy ran in both the Democratic and Republican primaries for United States Senate in 1950.