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