Nearly 30 20 lobbyists and insiders * are scheduled to help California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina fundraise tomorrow in DC, where she’ll be holding three back-to-back fundraisers, on the heels of a “max-out” dinner tonight.

The ex-Hewlett Packard CEO, in a tight race with Sen. Barbara Boxer, will be schmoozing with lobbyists such as Phil Anderson and Cesar Conda of the firm Navigators Global LLC. Their clients include AT&T, New York Life Insurance and Oracle, which partners with HP. Anderson and Conda were also listed as hosts on invitations to past Fiorina parties this year.

Other lobbyists listed as hosts include Theresa Fariello, vice president of government relations for Exxon Mobil, and Dan Meyer of the Duberstein Group, who lobbies for BP, among other clients. (We blogged about him recently here.) Meyer was billed as a host to an April 29 Fiorina party.

Also on the invitation is Kirk Blalock, a former George W. Bush Administration official who lobbies for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and has been on nine invitations in Party Time’s database so far this year.

But before tomorrow’s partying, Fiorina will be holding a “max-out” dinner, which features Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), alongside powerful Senators Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and John McCain (R-Ariz.). (For his presidential run, Fiorina bundled between $100,000 and $250,000, according to the Center for Responsive Politics).

Tonight’s event, at Charlie Palmer Steak, a popular spot for DC fundraisers, asks for the maximum campaign contribution: $5,000 for PACs and $2,400 for individuals. The invitation also extends to those who raise (bundle) $5,000 for the candidate. Interestingly, this is unlikely to trigger federal bundling reporting requirements.

Tomorrow kicks off with a $5,000-a-PAC and $2,500-per-person breakfast at The Monocle, another popular spot. At 10:00, PACs can pay half that for a cup of coffee at the offices of Navigators Global, a lobbying, political strategy and communications group.

Next up is lunch with lots of lobbyists at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, where a ticket can be had for as little as $500.

Fiorina has raised over $7 million through May 19, half of which is from her own pockets, according to CRP. Boxer has brought in over $16 million. The Democrat hopes to get a boost when Vice President Biden fundraises with her in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles on July 8th and 9th.

*Update: To be more precise, we counted the actual number of registered lobbyists on the invitations, and updated the post accordingly.

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