David Keith McCurdy (born March 30, 1950) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and former politician who was the Democratic U.S. Representative from Oklahoma's 4th congressional district, in office from 1981 to 1995.

He trailed Oklahoma House Majority Leader James B. Townsend, also from Shawnee, in the Democratic primary 40% to 34%, then won 51.2% of the vote in the runoff election.

McCurdy defeated Townsend with campaign commercials espousing prayer in public and support for a statue of Jesus Christ in the Wichita mountains, near Lawton.

[6] In Congress, McCurdy played a major role in the following pieces of legislation: the 1988 National Superconductivity Competitiveness Act,[7] the 1985 Goldwater-Nichols Act, which re-organized the U.S. Department of Defense,[8] the Nunn-McCurdy Amendment of 1982, requiring congressional notification of Defense cost overruns of 15% or more,[9] and the 1993 National Service Legislation, which originated in a bill introduced by Congressman McCurdy and former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn.

"[11] According to George Stephanopoulos in his political memoir, All Too Human, McCurdy at one point considered his own presidential campaign in 1992, although he eventually supported fellow DLC member Bill Clinton, and delivered a speech seconding his nomination at the Democratic Party National Convention.

He lost the general election to fellow congressman Jim Inhofe, whose campaign ads played clips of McCurdy's speech seconding Clinton's nomination for president.

[17] He is chairman of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments[18] and has served on the Defense Policy Board under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

[20] Under McCurdy's leadership, AAM supported Obama's National Program to reduce carbon emissions and increase fuel economy standards[21] and a federal ban on texting while driving.

In August 2011, McCurdy began service as a member of the Board of Directors of LMI, a not-for-profit studies and analysis consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia.