(CNN) Hillary Clinton announced Friday a long list of supporters from Bernie Sanders' backyard.

On the eve of Saturday's Democratic debate in Iowa, the Clinton campaign rolled out their Vermont Leadership Council, a needling of the state's independent senator, Sanders, who has lived and worked in Vermont for more than 50 years and is now top challenger to Clinton in the Democratic primary.

Clinton's campaign started rolling out leadership teams in early October, and have so far built teams in eight states, including Colorado, New York and Virginia. Their ninth rollout, Vermont, is a not so subtle hint to Sanders -- whose campaign is based in the state -- that their support runs deep.

The list, which the Burlington Free Press called the "who's-who of local Democrats," also includes Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger. Sanders served as Burlington's mayor for eight years in the 1980s.

The 25-name list includes endorsements that have already been rolled out.

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