Original sentence: Dagenais faced Bélanger again in 2006, improving the NDP showing to 12,145 votes (21.8%), however he once again finished a distant third.He campaigned as a candidate of the Ontario New Democratic Party for Ottawa—Orleans in the 2003 provincial election and finished third with 2,778 votes (5.53%)
Edited sentence: Dagenais faced Bélanger again in 2006, improving the NDP showing to 12,145 votes (21.8%)- however he once again finished a distant third.He campaigned as a candidate of the Ontario New Democratic Party for Ottawa—Orleans in the 2003 provincial election.The NDP does not have a strong presence in this constituency, and Dagenais finished third with 2,778 votes (5.53%)