[2] In November 2020, White Clay ran for the position of Chair of the Crow Tribe, his campaign promised to improve the governments fiscal transparency and increasing response to the COVID-19 pandemic,[3] he would win a landslide victory against incumbent Alvin Not Afraid Jr.[4] His inauguration was held on December 8, 2020, and was live streamed by the tribe on Facebook.

[5] Amid his electoral victory, the Crow Tribe Executive Branch faced a large budget deficit estimated at 80 million dollars.

White Clay would describe the bill as an "attack on tribal sovereignty".

[7] Following the inauguration of Joe Biden, in 2021, White Clay would release a statement in favor of the president's appointment of Deb Haaland to the position of Secretary of the Interior.

[8] Later that year, White Clay met with United States senator from Montana Steve Daines to discuss providing support to tribal law enforcement.