It's important to remember 40.1% of NV Republicans is not a majority.
Angle would have lost to Lowden in a runoff IMO.
You think the Tark's supporters would have flocked to Lowden??
No way, no way. Tark was defined by anti-Lowdenism, he never had anything going for himself.
Angle would have cleaned Lowden's clock in a run-off election held within two weeks after the actual election date. The roots would have rallied to Angle [like RedState was a big Tark fan, but still loved Angle over Lowden just like they do Buck over Norton].
Tarkanian had no natural base, and the more that election turnout dropped off due to a run-off election, the better Angle would do... why would anyone turn out to vote for Lowden in a special run-off election? Anyone? Seriously.