After one election cycle, the organization decided to focus on down-ballot races in order to build a pipeline or farm team of progressive candidates for higher office.

In order to receive the backing of Progressive Majority, prospective candidates must receive a 100 percent score on a forty-item questionnaire that tests their commitment to "economic justice and civil rights, including gay rights, public education, universal healthcare, environmental protection and abortion.

"[4] Offices were opened in Washington, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania in 2004, and the organization expanded to Colorado and Arizona in 2005.

[5] Progressive Majority, before being acquired by Wellstone Action collaborated, among others but chiefly with Democracy for America.

It was a partner of America Votes and had received some funding from Democracy Alliance.