Not seeing the issue and the rest of the spread -- who can be sure...
However, it does say "GOVERNOR'S ISSUE". And she is probably one of the best looking (if not the best) lady governors in the country. Don't know them all, so I can't say. But it probably fits that she's on the cover...
As to her hair -- blame the photographer and editor for the goofed up wind job they had going.
And as to it being "presidential" -- no more or less so than the lord messiah barack obama dragging his brood onto Entertainment Tonight or Access Hollywood or whatever the fCUk it was.