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FILE - This July 16, 1945, file photo, shows the mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site near Alamagordo, N.M. New Mexico's three senatorial candidates are promising to help descendants of families who lived the Trinity Test. Democratic U.S. Senate Martin Heinrich, his Republican challenger Mick Rich and Libertarian Gary Johnson all say they would advocate for descendants to be included in a federal law that compensated families near nuclear test sites. Currently, federal law does not include New Mexico residents and descendants who live near nuclear test sites. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - This July 16, 1945, file photo, shows the mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site near Alamagordo, N.M. New Mexico's three senatorial candidates are promising to help descendants of families who lived the Trinity Test. Democratic U.S. Senate Martin Heinrich, his Republican challenger Mick Rich and Libertarian Gary Johnson all say they would advocate for descendants to be included in a federal law that compensated families near nuclear test sites. Currently, federal law does not include New Mexico residents and descendants who live near nuclear test sites. (AP Photo/File)

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