The downwinders have vowed to make it a campaign issue in the must-win district as well as in the dozens of other Republican districts around the U.S. that would benefit from an expansion of RECA.

He said the legal fight on behalf of the other downwinders will go on, and he may appeal some of the verdicts issued this week. "There's not enough courts or enough juries to try 2,300 cases.

The downwinders have vowed to make it a campaign issue in the must-win district as well as in the dozens of other Republican districts around the U.S. that would benefit from an expansion of RECA.

TULAROSA — Almost 72 years ago, the world's first atomic bomb was tested at the Trinity Site as part of the Manhattan Project.

The downwinders have vowed to make it a campaign issue in the must-win district as well as in the dozens of other Republican districts around the U.S. that would benefit from an expansion of RECA.

The story of New Mexico’s downwinders is little known. But that’s changing as the documentary “First We Bombed New Mexico” racks up awards from film festivals across the United States.