Career
McClain is the current chair of ways and means committee
McClain was the Wyandot County auditor for over 26 years. When Representative Steve Reinhard was unable to run for another term due to term limits, McClain, along with Lois Fisher, sought the Republican nomination. On January 5, 2009, he was sworn into his first term.
McClain was elected to a second term in 2010 unopposed.
With Senator Karen Gillmor resigning from her seat, McClain had been named as a possible successor. However, the appointment went to David Burke.