The campaign of U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) jumped back on the 3rd Congressional District television airwaves yesterday, launching a new thirty-second ad after suspending their advertising campaign for nearly a week following a windstorm that knocked out power across the district.

The latest spot – the second for the Yarmuth camp of this general election – focuses on veterans issues and features a man named Darryl Wilkins, described on-screen as a retired Navy airman from Louisville.

“For years it seemed like Congress had forgotten about us,” says Wilkins in the ad. “Then, I met John Yarmuth.”

The ad then points to Yarmuth’s work to secure funding for a Veteran’s Administration hospital in Louisville while also referencing his votes in support of a 2007 appropriations act – said to contain the “largest increase in veterans’ care – and the “second G.I. Bill,” which provides tuition assistance to returning veterans.

“It’s nice to know that now we have a Congressman who fights as hard for us veterans as we fought for our country,” adds Wilkins.

Yarmuth is embroiled in his first re-election bid after unseating former U.S. Rep. Anne Northup (R-Louisville) in 2006. This year’s election is a rematch of that contest.

The Democrat's campaign was off the air since last Wednesday before going up again yesterday, pulling advertisements amid the blackouts and storm clean-up across the district after the remnants of Hurricane Ike passed through the area the previous Sunday. Northup's campaign rejected Yarmuth's move as "disingenuous," claiming ads could have been pulled sooner after the storm hit.