GOP's Pataki Expected To End Presidential Bid

Former New York Gov. George Pataki told some supporters on Tuesday he would drop out of the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, the Boston Globe reported.

A spokesman for Pataki, who ranked at the bottom of the Republican pack in a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, did not respond to a request for comment. Pataki's campaign said in a statement that he would release a "special message" later on Tuesday but did not detail what he would say.

(Reporting by Emily Stephenson; Editing by Eric Beech)