She graduated from the faculty of economics at the Subotica campus of the University of Novi Sad in 2006 and worked in the health and social policy secretariat in the executive council of Vojvodina.

She was not initially included in her party's delegation, but she received a mandate on 18 July 2007 as a replacement for Andrea Galgó Ferenci, who had resigned.

For the 2008 parliamentary election, Kovács received the fourth position on the electoral list of the Hungarian Coalition, a multi-party alliance led by the VMSZ.

[8] Kovács also led the Hungarian Coalition's electoral list for Zrenjanin in the 2008 Serbian local elections, which were held concurrently with the national assembly vote.

[10][11][12] Serbia's electoral system was reformed in 2011, such that all parliamentary mandates were awarded to candidates on successful lists in numerical order.

[14] The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) won the election and afterward formed a new coalition government with the SPS and other parties; the VMSZ declined an invitation to join the government and instead served in a largely nominal opposition role for the next two years.

[18] After the election, the VMSZ began providing support to Serbia's SNS-led government in the national assembly.

[19] For the 2016 parliamentary election, Kovács was promoted to second place on the VMSZ list and was re-elected when the party won four seats.

[21] The VMSZ led a successful drive to increase its voter turnout in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election and won a record nine seats.