PHOENIX – The 16 remaining defendants in the “fake electors’’ case will be off the legal hook if the litigation drags on beyond the 2026 election and Kris Mayes loses the race.

All three Republicans running for state attorney general are saying if they are elected, they will drop the charges of fraud, conspiracy, and forgery related to documents submitted to Congress after the 2020 election claiming Donald Trump had outpolled Joe Biden in Arizona despite official results to the contrary.

And, at the rate the case is going, it is a real possibility – and a likelihood under certain scenarios – that there will be no final outcome by Jan. 1, 2027, when a new term begins.

“Drop it,’’ Senate President Warren Petersen said when asked what he would do with the case if he wins the August primary

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