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AP Photo Clinton back on the air with TV ads

After taking a brief break from primary season television advertising, Hillary Clinton's campaign went back on the air in Kentucky with a reservation Monday of roughly $180,000 for the final week before the state's May 17 primary, according to media buying sources.

The move comes on the eve of Tuesday's West Virginia primary, likely to be Clinton's second straight state loss to Bernie Sanders.

Clinton stopped paying for TV ads following her wins in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, and Delaware in late April, choosing to stockpile cash at a time when it appeared that she had all but closed off Sanders' path to the nomination.

Even with a victory in West Virginia, Sanders' chances of catching Clinton in the total number of delegates wouldn't significantly improve.

But the senator's strength among white working class voters — and blowback in coal-producing Eastern Kentucky from Clinton's March remark about putting "a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business" — suggest that Kentucky could be a tight race, and Clinton's campaign is eager to stop Sanders from gaining momentum with a string of wins through May.