In Arkansas, Romney had around 71 percent of the vote against 14 percent for his nearest rival, Rick Santorum, who has already dropped out of the race, according to data from the Arkansas secretary of state, with four percent of precincts reporting.
In Kentucky, Romney won about 67 percent of the vote against 12 percent for his nearest rival, Ron Paul, the Kentucky state board of elections said, with nearly all precincts reporting.
A total of 75 delegates were at stake in the two primaries.
Romney has 1,055 delegates, leaving him just 89 shy of the 1,144 delegates needed to win the GOP nomination.
The Republicans formally nominate their presidential candidate at the party’s convention in August in Tampa, Florida.
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