• Aug.24. Maine Governor Paul LePage says he keeps a three-ringed binder of photos from drug busts, and most ‘‘are black and Hispanic people from Waterbury, Conn.; the Bronx; and Brooklyn.’’

• Aug. 25. LePage leaves an obscenity-laced voicemail for a Democratic state lawmaker, saying ‘‘I am after you’’ and telling reporters he wished he could challenge the lawmaker to a duel.

• Aug. 27. Democratic legislative leaders send a letter to Republican leaders urging them to condemn LePage’s threats, and asking that they get him “professional help’’ or encourage him to step down.

• Aug. 29. Republican legislative leaders meet with LePage, call his comments “completely unacceptable’’ and say he must earn back people’s trust.

• Aug. 29. LePage, in Boston, says people arrested for opioids are “Hispanic and they’re black, and they’re from Lowell and Lawrence, Massachusetts; Waterbury, Connecticut; the Bronx and Brooklyn.’’

• Morning of Aug. 30. LePage says resignation is an option he’s considering.

• Afternoon of Aug. 30. Tweets, “Regarding rumors of resignation, to paraphrase Mark Twain: ‘The reports of my political demise are greatly exaggerated.’ ’’

Michael Levenson can be reached at mlevenson@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @mlevenson.