David M. Talerico is an American politician from Alaska.

A Republican, he served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 2015 to 2021.

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.