Starting in 1993, McCann was the president of his own construction company. Records from the Illinois Secretary of State's Office show that "the agency dissolved the corporate status of McCann Construction Services Inc. as of December 2013 for failure to file an annual report and pay an annual franchise tax. McCann Construction Co. was also dissolved as a corporation by the secretary of state on Nov. 14 for the same reasons." As of May 20, 2015, McCann's two companies: McCann Construction and McCann Construction Services faced tax liens from the Internal Revenue Services totaling $185,000.
Elections
McCann was first elected in 2010, narrowly defeating incumbent Democrat Deanna Demuzio. It was one of the most expensive and competitive legislative races in the Illinois that year. In 2012, he was re-elected after a primary race against Gray Noll, and without Democratic opposition in the redrawn 50th district. McCann faced another Republican primary race in 2016 when he faced Bryce Benton, whom he narrowly beat by a little over 2,000 votes. McCann did not run for re-election in 2018, instead opting to run in the 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election as a third party candidate. McCann ultimately lost the election, placing third behind J.B. Pritzker and Bruce Rauner.
Controversies
In early 2016, a complaint was filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections alleging that McCann had given himself too much money from his campaign fund for mileage reimbursements that were in excess of the amount that McCann actually traveled, and that McCann had also given himself money from the same fund for "grouped expenditures" which were not properly documented. The "grouped expenditures" totaled $46,719. The total amount for the challenged mileage reimbursements and "grouped expenditures" that McCann personally received from his campaign fund was $85,019.65. After hearing from the complainant and McCann, the board voted unanimously to hold a public hearing. A day before the public hearing was to take place in September 2016, the complaint was dropped, but the complainant, through his attorney, pledged to refile it and include more allegations. In September 2017, McCann came under fire again when he used campaign funds to purchase a 2017 Ford Expedition XLT for $61,146 and a new jeep engine on a personally owned vehicle.
Family
McCann is married to his wife Vicki. They have a son, Trayton, and a daughter, Katherine.
