John Ronald Unger II is a former American politician and magistrate.

Prior to his appointment as a Berkeley County magistrate,[1] Unger represented the 16th district in the West Virginia Senate from 1999 to 2021.

[3] While a student at West Virginia University, Unger was named a member of the 1992 USA TODAY All-USA Academic Team and a Truman Scholar.

[4] He also went as a Rhodes Scholar to Oxford University and has a master’s degree in divinity from the Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.[5] Unger is ordained as an ELCA Lutheran pastor, and serves the congregations of St. John Lutheran Church, St. John's Episcopal Church, and Bolivar United Methodist Church in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

[6] In addition, he is a chaplain for the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office.