Take a look at the number of politicians listed below who will not be seeking re-election in 2018.

Many leadership positions and household names are on this list. There are 34 Republicans and 15 Democrats who will or have stepped away from the DC swamp.

Take this list below and add to it the number of Department of Justice resignations and firings and you have the makings of some real swamp draining.

Of course there is much more to do within the Department of State and the intelligence agencies, but not bad for the first 18 months.

Senate Bob Corker – Republican

Jeff Flake – Republican

Orrin Hatch – Republican

John McCain- Republican

House Bill Shuster – Republican

Bob Goodlatte – Republican

Carol Shea-Porter – Democrat

Charles W. Dent – Republican

Darrell Issa – Republican

Dave Reichert – Republican

David Trott – Republican

Dennis Ross – Republican

Edward Royce – Republican

Elizabeth Esty – Democrat

Frank LoBiondo – Republican

Gene Green – Democrat

Gregg Harper – Republican

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen – Republican

Jeb Hensarling – Republican

Jim Bridenstine – Republican

Joe Barton – Republican

John Delaney – Democrat

John J. Duncan, Jr. – Republican

Lamar Smith – Republican

Luis V. Gutierrez – Democrat

Lynn Jenkins – Republican

Niki Tsongas – Democrat

Paul Ryan – Republican

Rick Nolan – Democrat

Robert Brady – Democrat

Rodney Frelinghuysen – Republican

Ruben J. Kihuen – Democrat

Ryan Costello – Republican

Sam Johnson – Republican

Sandy Levin – Democrat

Ted Poe – Republican

Thomas Rooney – Republican

Trey Gowdy – Republican

Resigned

Al Franken – Democratic U.S. Senate

Blake Farenthold – Republican U.S. House

Jason Chaffetz – Republican U.S. House

John Conyers, Jr. – Democrat U.S. House

Louise Slaughter – Democrat U.S. House

Patrick Meehan – Republican U.S. House

Patrick J. Tiberi – Republican U.S. House

Thad Cochran – Republican U.S. Senate

Tim Murphy – Republican U.S. House

Trent Franks – Republican U.S. House

Xavier Becerra – Democrat Attorney General of California

Eric Schneiderman – Democrat Attorney General of New York