SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is urging Americans to vote as he kicks off his last and longest day of campaigning before Tuesday's election.

Romney opened Monday by rallying more than 1,000 people at an airport rally in Sanford, Fla. He told them, quote, "we have one job left" and that's getting people out to vote. The crowd chanted, "one more day."

The Republican nominee started his day in Florida with the first of five planned events. Next up are two stops in Virginia, and one each in Ohio and New Hampshire.

Florida, Ohio and Virginia are all critical to his hopes of amassing the 270 electoral votes needed for victory on Tuesday.

New Hampshire is where Romney announced his bid for president about 17 months ago.

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