Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator born in nearby Walters. A presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic ...

Fred Harris, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Oklahoma, is being remembered by party members for his commitment to ...

Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms ...

After eight years in the Senate as a moderate Democrat, he took a leftward turn toward “new populism” in a failed shot at the ...

Fred Harris was 33 years old when countless people dismissed him as a has-been. It was 1964. Harris, a Democratic state senator in Oklahoma, wanted the job coveted by his state's biggest celebrity.

Fred Harris, ex-Oklahoma senator and Democratic presidential hopeful, has died. He was 94.

Okla., died Saturday at age 94, his wife said. Harris is remembered for championing Democratic Party reforms in the 1960s.