Dave Weldon | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2005 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 15th district | |
| In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Bacchus |
| Succeeded by | Bill Posey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Joseph Weldon August 31, 1953 Amityville, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Nancy Weldon (m. 1979) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Stony Brook University (BS) University at Buffalo (MD) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Unit | United States Army Reserve |
David Joseph Weldon (born August 31, 1953) is an American physician and former Republican politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 15th congressional district from 1995 to 2009. He unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2012. He later unsuccessfully ran for the Florida House of Representatives in 2024.
In 2017, he became the president of the Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries, a trade group for Christian organizations.
Weldon has supported the scientifically untrue claim that vaccines cause autism.
In November 2024, then-President-elect Donald Trump nominated Weldon as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, President Trump withdrew his nomination in March 2025.
