In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

The 2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut was held on November 8 , 2016 , as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated .
The 2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut was held on 8 November 2016 .

Haig has been largely credited with keeping the government running while President Nixon was preoccupied with Watergate and was essentially seen as the " acting president " during Nixon 's last few months in office .
Haig has been praised by many people by keeping the government running during the Watergate scandal that brought down Nixon .

Olympique de Marseille ( -RSB- , ) , also known as OM ( -RSB- , ) or simply Marseille , is a French football club in Marseille in France .

Olympique de Marseille is a football club from France .