| Dave Talerico | |
| Office: | Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 6th District |
| Term Start: | January 20, 2015 |
| Term End: | January 19, 2021 |
| Predecessor: | redistricted |
| Successor: | Mike Cronk |
| Office1: | Member of the Borough Assembly of the Denali Borough, Alaska |
| Term Start1: | 2013 |
| Term End1: | 2014 |
| Office2: | Mayor of the Denali Borough, Alaska |
| Term Start2: | 2002 |
| Term End2: | 2012 |
| Successor2: | Clay Walker |
| Birth Date: | February 23, 1956 |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Healy, Alaska |
| Occupation: | politician, miner |
David M. Talerico is an American politician from Alaska. A Republican, he served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 2015 to 2021. He represented House District 6, a vast district in The Bush that encompasses the Denali Borough and other unincorporated areas. He is the longest-serving mayor of the Denali Borough, in office from 2002 to 2012,[1] and briefly served on the Borough Assembly again from 2013 to 2014, when he was elected to the House of Representatives.[2] He is a longtime resident of Healy.
Talerico previously ran unsuccessfully for a House seat against David Guttenberg, a Democrat from Fairbanks. He worked for Republican Representative Doug Isaacson as a legislative staffer from 2012 to 2013.[1] He is a miner by trade and was the director of human resources and safety at the Usibelli Coal Mine at the time of his election to the House of Representatives in 2014.[3]