Simplify the following text for a Grade 13 native English-speaking person.
Original: After a hard campaign which sees Burns rise from being universally despised to running neck and neck with incumbent Mary Bailey , it is decided that Burns will have dinner with a random employee the night before the election .
Simplified: After a hard campaign which sees Burns rise from being universally despised to running neck and neck with Mary Bailey , it is decided that Burns will have dinner with a random employee the night before the election .