 He was candidate for the consulship of 55, and threatened that in his consulship he would carry out the measures he had proposed in his praetorship, and deprive Caesar of his province.He was defeated, however, by Pompey and Crassus, who also ran for the consulship, and was driven from the Campus Martius on the day of election by force of arms.He became a candidate again in the following year, and Caesar and Pompey, whose power was firmly established, did not oppose him.