Original sentence: At the 2006 Victorian state election, Richard achieved a better result than in 2002, after contesting the seat against the Greens and other opponents in hard fought campain.The campaign against him included fierce attacks in the media which were republished on minor socialist candidate and local City of Yarra councillor Steve Jolly's website (Jolly was the only named person quoted in the original article)
Edited sentence: At the 2006 Victorian state election, Richard achieved a better result than in 2002, after contesting the seat against the Greens and other opponents in a positive, achievements based campaign.The campaign against him was marred by slanderous accusations republished on minor socialist candidate and local City of Yarra councillor Steve Jolly's website (Jolly was the only named person quoted in the original article)