As he continues to weather attacks about his past life in the GOP, converted Democrat and attorney general hopeful Chris Koster trumpeted the support of nearly 20 county prosecutors from around the state today.

The release from Koster’s campaign this afternoon lists the endorsement of prosecutors in 19 counties, from Nodaway County on the Iowa border to Pemiscot County in the Bootheel.

(Though at least one of the names, St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch, was released previously.)

“Chris Koster knows what it means to stare evil in the face and not bat an eye,” Dunklin County Prosecutor Steve Sokoloff said in a release from the campaign.

Sokoloff, of course, was referring to Koster’s decade of experience as prosecutor in Cass County, though primary rival Jeff Harris — who has taken jabs at Koster for previously being a Republican– may chose to interrupt the comment differently.