Fred Kundrata explains his party switch

In 2012, Fred Kundrata ran for the Republican nomination for the Ohio 2nd district seat and lost to Brad Wenstrup, a guy with similar background but who appealed more to the extreme right wing of the GOP.

Kundrata said that it was during that race that he decided he was, in fact, a Democrat.
"I always knew I was a moderate,'' Kundrata said. "I thought the Republican Party was far more moderate."
But, he said, he learned differently when he saw the influence of the tea party movement on the GOP and couldn't go along with that.
"I’m a Democrat now,'' Kundrata said. "I fully support the unions. I want to strengthen unions. I'm a union pilot."

The whole WVXU story, which also features Dem contender Jim Prues, here.