Fred Harris, former Democratic senator from Oklahoma and presidential candidate, dies at 94
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Former Sen. Fred Harris, D-Okla., died Saturday at age 94. Harris is remembered for championing Democratic Party reforms in the 1960s.
Harris, who was living in New Mexico, died in a hospital in Albuquerque, Elliston told The New York Times.
Harris first served for eight years in the Oklahoma State Senate after winning election in 1956. He then launched his career in national politics in 1964 when he won a Senate race to fill the vacancy left by Sen. Robert S. Kerr, who died in January 1963.
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