After eight years in the Senate as a moderate Democrat, he took a leftward turn toward “new populism” in a failed shot at the presidency in 1976.

It fell to Fred Harris, chair of the Democratic National Committee in 1969 and 1970, to help heal the party's wounds from the tumultuous national convention in 1968​ when protesters and police clashed in Chicago.

Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, has died. He was 94.

Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator whose storied career in politics evolved into academia as a professor at the University of New Mexico, died on Saturday. He was 94. The Corrales resident died of natural causes,

Fred Harris, who served as a United States senator and professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico, died Saturday at the age of 94. Harris served two terms as an Oklahoma U.S. senator from 1964 to 1973.

Fred Harris, known for his work as a US Senator and advocate for Democratic Party reforms, died on Saturday at the age of 94. His wife, Margaret Elliston, confirmed his death."Fred Harris passed peacefully early this morning of natural causes.

Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma who later moved to New Mexico, has died. Born in 1930, Harris was a Democrat who was elected in 1964 to finish the term of Sen. Robert Kerr, who died.

Mr. Harris, a liberal populist, was once considered one of the bright young faces of the Democratic Party. He twice ran for president and chaired the Democratic National Committee.