A day after officially launching her U.S. Senate bid, Carly Fiorina's campaign rolled out the endorsements of eight Republican senators.
Topping the list is Arizona Sen. John McCain, whose presidential bid Fiorina supported as a campaign surrogate.
Also announced today were the endorsements of Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe.
"I am humbled to have earned the endorsement of each one of these distinguished Republican Senators. They are all dedicated public servants and it is a true honor to have their support. I look forward to working with each of these Senators to get our economy moving again and to restore fiscal accountability to Washington," Fiorina said in a statement.
None of the names should come as a shock; all eight of those Republicans had already signed on to host a Nov. 17 fundraiser for the candidate.
Fiorina's rival for the Republican nomination, Irvine Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, announced the endorsement earlier this week of Sen. Jim DeMint and his Senate Conservatives Fund PAC.
DeVore spokesman Joshua Treviño said he wasn't concerned that Fiorina had snagged the endorsement of "liberal senators" from the Washington political establishment.
"If Carly Fiorina wants to convince California Republicans of her conservative credentials by trotting out Snowe, Collins, Graham and McCain, we welcome that," he said.
Torey Van Oot and the Bee Capitol Bureau report on the people and politics of California government. Get 
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