The Republican National Committee decision to require all primaries to be in May or an earlier month does not apply to California, New Jersey, and New Mexico. Those states have June presidential primaries and all three states have Democratic majorities in both houses of the legislature. The Republican Party apparently feels it is too difficult to persuade those three states to move their presidential primaries to an earlier date. See this story.
How many pages of UNEQUAL rules in the various party hack regimes ???
What is the point of a presidential primary AFTER the convention?
The convention will be in late June, the primaries are usually within the first 10 days.