He was re-elected MP during the 2006 parliamentary election, and was a member of the National Security Committee for a short time.

He was appointed Secretary of State for Agriculture and Rural Development in the second cabinet of Ferenc Gyurcsány on 1 July 2006, serving under minister József Gráf.

He regained his mandate via the party national list on 27 October 2014, when replaced László Botka, who resigned as MP.

He secured a mandate from the MSZP national list in the 2018 parliamentary election, when Fidesz won its third consecutive supermajority.

The entire Socialist leadership resigned, including Gőgös, who also announced his retirement from politics, abandoning the obtained mandate.