A Bit Skittish, Voters in State Races Show Tendency To Back Status Quo

By Lonnie Harp

The 1995 elections may best be remembered for what they won't cause.

Kentucky lawmakers probably will not be incited to dismantle the nation's most extensive statewide school-reform program. Educators in Virginia have little need to worry about a conservative-flavored school overhaul. And the split control in Mississippi that has checked the ambitions of Republicans and Democrats alike probably will enforce restraint on education issues through century's end.

Voters seemed a bit skittish at the ballot box this year after turning over the legislative reins to Republicans in federal and...