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Fake Furla Handbags QUINCY - The runners-up in Tuesday's Democratic and Republican primaries for the 10th Congressional District said they will steer clear of politics for the immediate future.

Republican Joe Malone, a former state treasurer and a Scituate resident, said he's thinking about a job in the media and spending more time with his family.

Democrat Robert O'Leary of Barnstable said he will be "looking to do other things, other causes." O'Leary gave up his seat of eight years in the state Senate to run. He also recently stepped down as a professor of history at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Malone lost heavily to state Rep. Jeffrey Perry of Sandwich, who carried 62 percent of Republican voters. Malone captured 29 percent, while Hanover lawyer Robert Hayden and Cohasset accountant Raymond Kasperowicz came in with 5 percent and 4 percent, respectively.

Malone arrived at the River Club in Scituate around 9:30 p.m. with arms raised and two thumbs up, grinning to the 70 or so supporters gathered. His concession speech was upbeat, as he railed against the Washington establishment and urged people to let their voices be heard.

Malone had the support of former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. He said it was not enough in a race in which he was up against "the Romney-Brown machine," referring to support Perry had from former Gov. Mitt Romney and U.S. Sen. Scott Brown.

An emotional O'Leary conceded defeat only after William Keating declared victory around 11 p.m.

O'Leary said he saw the faces of many who supported him when he became the first Cape Cod Democrat elected to the state Senate Mulberry in generations.

Jennifer Mann may be reached at .

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